Re:Senate passes reauthorization of key US surveillance prog...
by beau_g on Saturday April 20, 2024 @09:43PM
(#40102594)
Elected officials should not vote their conscience, they should vote according to the wishes of their constituents
[ Parent
| on HN ]
Re:Senate passes reauthorization of key US surveillance prog...
by pixl97 on Saturday April 20, 2024 @11:49PM
(#40103066)
The loudest ones?
The 51% that voted for them out of the 20% of total voters?
I mean, this does get very hard to define.
Re:Senate passes reauthorization of key US surveillance prog...
by int_19h on Sunday April 21, 2024 @02:35AM
(#40103619)
Then what is the point of even having them and not just voting for everything directly?
Re:Senate passes reauthorization of key US surveillance prog...
by vinay427 on Sunday April 21, 2024 @07:47AM
(#40104924)
There are a variety of differences between having representatives vote with your interests and voting yourself, such as practicality, time expenditure and access to advising and expertise, etc. That’s perhaps why many direct democracy systems (California, Switzerland, etc.) combine the two with direct democracy used for relatively few decisions.