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Crowdsourcing Congress: A hypothetical blueprint
Citizens are assigned randomly to groups of 10 people. Each year this group is reassigned.
Any citizen can introduce a bill anonymously. This bill will be discussed and voted upon by that citizen’s group of ten. A majority will pass the bill.
If the bill passes it will continue forward anonymously to ten more groups of ten. Those citizens will discuss and vote upon the bill. A majority will pass the bill.
The bill will continue higher up until the entire nation can vote on the bill. A majority will pass the bill.
Bills are open source, at any point during the deliberation process anyone else can post a modified version of the bill to be voted upon the same way.
As normal the supreme court can strike down unconstitutional bills and the president can veto.
Citizens are assigned randomly to groups of 10 people. Each year this group is reassigned.
Any citizen can introduce a bill anonymously. This bill will be discussed and voted upon by that citizen’s group of ten. A majority will pass the bill.
If the bill passes it will continue forward anonymously to ten more groups of ten. Those citizens will discuss and vote upon the bill. A majority will pass the bill.
The bill will continue higher up until the entire nation can vote on the bill. A majority will pass the bill.
Bills are open source, at any point during the deliberation process anyone else can post a modified version of the bill to be voted upon the same way.
As normal the supreme court can strike down unconstitutional bills and the president can veto.