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Parent Post: Proportional representative system.........
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5/29/2025, 5:05:55 PM
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''But what if you could take your vote token out of congressman's X hand and give it to congressman's Y?'' ...but don't voters get only one house member in their district?
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modernizedemocracy
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5/29/2025, 5:48:10 PM
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Yes. The congressman elected in your district keep his seat. But he may then loose the support of the people living in his district, who will side with another congressman in another district. Also, the congressman elected in your district may gain the support of people living in another district. The point is that, on election day, people living in a district choose the congressman that will occupy the seat of their district. The elected congress starts with all the tokens of everyone in their district, no matter who they voted for. The day after the election and at any time during the mandate, you can assign your token to any congressman you like. So if people in your district somehow vote for a clown you dislike, well you're not entirely stuck with him. And you don't have to move your entire life to another district and wait for another election to make a difference.
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5/30/2025, 1:43:47 AM
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The problem is the congressperson one wants to vote for, but is from another district, may be ignorant and/or ill-informed to make decisions for your district. Isn't congressperson supposed to represent your district? I don't have problem with your approach, since it's OTNI; I believe OTNI should always precede the parochial interest of a local district. I also believe there's very little incompatibility with proportional representation, and your approach; they can coexist and work in complements. I also believe it's not incompatible with private/political militias, independent of government.
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