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Re:The hacking and disinformation team meddling in elections by whatshisface on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @08:56PM (#34813951)
They have direct democracy in Switzerland and they don't need the internet for that.
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Re:The hacking and disinformation team meddling in elections by barbazoo on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @09:32PM (#34814232)
> Popular votes can be held up to four times a year.

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/07/switzerland-direct-de...

At some point you need technology, otherwise it would just get too expensive.

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Re:The hacking and disinformation team meddling in elections by basementcat on Thursday February 16, 2023 @12:54AM (#34815566)
Many states in the USA have had ballot propositions for over one hundred years.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initiatives_and_referendums_...

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Re:The hacking and disinformation team meddling in elections by snovv_crash on Thursday February 16, 2023 @01:43AM (#34815791)
Yes but not once every 4 months. People keeping a check on the actions of their representatives needs to happen more than once per election cycle otherwise once the politician gets in they just do whatever they want.
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