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I have two proposals having to do with the way national holds votes.
1. Switch away from the representative(grouped) voting that we do now, to individual, low-level voting (direct democracy).
2. Switch to range voting (probably using either [this site(a sample poll for us)](https://simplevote.ml/#/poll/QL5) that I built, or facebook).
- Instead of waiting for branch delegates to certify
2. Switch to range or approval voting.
- We could either create (or use the one we already have) a private facebook group for approval voting.
- Or use [this site called simplevote, I built for us to use(a sample poll)](https://simplevote.ml/#/poll/QL5)
# 1) Doing away with representative voting
The main reason to use representative voting **was** because it made it easier to tally votes with a small number of representatives. So one state's rep could show up at a national convention, instead of every voter in the whole state. This isn't necessary nowadays, where we can place and tally up votes online.
## Why representative(grouped) voting is bad
**A candidate with fewer votes can win** in a grouped voting election. Here's an example.
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[Here's](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1u8EAJWnNGhmOj1CaJyAL_XVXY6vqPGkb7E3Go3ZEoSA/edit#gid=0) an example of the misrepresentation errors for the 2017 UK election.
## Additional issues
## Why was it used in the first place?
Representative voting **was** because it made it easier to tally votes with a small number of representatives, traveling across long distances to tally up a vote. So one state's rep could show up at a national convention, instead of every voter in the whole state. This isn't necessary nowadays, where we can place and tally up votes online.
- How do we decide when a quorum(minimum # of voters) is reached? Maybe 1/2 of all members, 2/3rds, or 3/4ths, before it gets certified.
- How long do the elections last? (1-2 weeks seems like a good default)
- Do we hold these through facebook, or [simplevote](https://simplevote.ml).
# 2) Switching to range voting
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You can learn more about range voting at [rangevoting.org](http://rangevoting.org/).
# Additional issues
- How do we decide when a quorum(minimum # of voters) is reached? Maybe 1/2 of all members, 2/3rds, or 3/4ths, before it gets certified.
- How long do the elections last? (1-2 weeks seems like a good default)