Liquid Democracy

Great new LD essay, including a lot of recent developments:

Reclaiming American Democracy — Starting Right NOW! By Jim Rutt

Campaign to run a candidate for US Senate! Needs a little more $ to cover expensive filing fees. Please support! This is big.

Return American Democracy to the People To restore American democracy, I'm running for US Senator from California. I'll be the first member of Congress in history that constituents can hold accountable.The biggest threats to America continue: Climate change, Low wages, Mounting debt, Lack of Health Care, Decaying infrastructure, Corporate...

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Unlocking The Long Tail of Political Participation: More Options for Better Representation Political capital is most likely distributed along a power law. But our current electoral process cuts off the Long Tail, leaving so many people out. It doesn't have to be this way.

Big announcement! United Representation Grades are now live for all Members of Congress:

Give Your Rep an F: Introducing United Legislator Grades Right now, Americans concerned about something happening in Washington are often instructed to Call Your Representatives. But there are a few problems with this tactic.

https://blog.united.vote/2017/12/06/net-neutrality-is-a-freedom-of-speech-issue-period/

Net Neutrality Is a Freedom of Speech Issue. Period. Net Neutrality is not about cost, in exactly the same way murder and freedom are not about cost. It's about you having equal access to speech, and is vital to services like United.

https://blog.united.vote/2017/11/20/restoring-our-congressional-representation-the-original-1st-amendment/

Restoring Our Congressional Representation: The Original 1st Amendment In 1787, when our Constitution was created, one of the many important debates was about the number of legislators we ought to have in Congress. Originally, there was a different 1st Amendment, that...

https://blog.united.vote/2017/11/15/moore-menendez-show-why-elections-arent-enough/

Moore, Menendez Show Why Elections Aren’t Enough While the accusations against Senate candidate Roy Moore (R, AL) and Senator Bob Menendez (D, NJ) couldn't be more different, the fallout from both present clear examples of our election system fai...

https://blog.united.vote/2017/10/27/liquid-democracy-is-not-direct-democracy/

Liquid Democracy Is Not Direct Democracy, and That's a Good Thing Recently, Camilo Casas announced he's running as a liquid democracy candidate in Colorado.

https://blog.liquid.vote/2017/10/23/democracy-vs-corruption/

Democracy vs. Corruption Democratic corruption is when an elected leader betrays their responsibilities to their voters, enriching themselves or close allies instead. Most Americans consistently report seeing 'widespread g...