Comments on: Event will tackle electronic signatures, political reforms for California initiative process http://thecoastnews.com/2013/01/event-will-tackle-electronic-signatures-political-reforms-for-california-initiative-process/ Making Waves in Your Neighborhood Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:55:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Evan Ravitz http://thecoastnews.com/2013/01/event-will-tackle-electronic-signatures-political-reforms-for-california-initiative-process/comment-page-1/#comment-60937 Evan Ravitz Tue, 22 Jan 2013 03:55:25 +0000 http://thecoastnews.com/?p=57857#comment-60937 YES to electronic signatures and real (“direct”) democracy, the origin of most reforms, this last November including gay marriage and marijuana legalization in multiple states, and going back to women’s suffrage, passed in 13 states before Congress went along. See http://Vote.org/initiatives for references and more examples. The media have focused on the few problem initiatives in order to please politicians, who resent sharing power with the people, and who keep the initiative process difficult for us. (It’s easy for the wealthy, who also control politicians.)The most fundamental reform is NATIONAL ballot initiatives with improvements like Oregon is now using: http://HealthyDemocracyOregon.org The best project is led by famed former Senator Mike Gravel: http://Vote.org Power to the people!

In Switzerland, they deal with lots of local, Cantonal and NATIONAL initiatives by having people vote 4-7 times a year. That’s PARTICIPATORY democracy, not just begging for mercy!

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