Re: [apsa_itp] community law-making, a system based on recombinant text

[Michael Allan <mike@xxxxxxxxx>]

> On Sun, Aug 12, 2007 at 11:01:10PM -0400, Michael Allan wrote:
> > On Sun, Aug 12, 2007 at 05:41:32PM -0400, David Bray wrote:
> > > ... there have been allegations of certain lobbyists
> > > "filibustering" news stories they don't want to rise to the top...
> > 
> >                                                            ... But it
> > could not occur in community law-making, because negative voting is
> > not possible.  Voting in the system is only positive. ...

Correction, I am wrong here: One *can* vote against an entire bill (by
voting for the null draft).  So, could special interests abuse that
and "filibuster" a bill?  Assuming a secure means of online voting,
with a single vote per citizen, they would have to engage in something
like vote buying -- ineffective, probably, if we also assume blind
ballots.

-- 
Michael Allan

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