A New Party Dedicated to Implementing Public Voting

[Michael Allan]

Rhett said:
> For me, at least to begin with, success looks like winning a local
> election next year. ...

... to which Ed agrees.  I suggest you both seek the ballot nomination
through a special kind of electoral primary.  I'm thinking of a
primary that is:

  * Open to all electors and nominees regardless of party affiliation;
    so it's not torn apart by political tensions

  * Open to all voting methods (present and future); so it's not torn
    apart by technical tensions

  * Public; so it's exciting to participate in, or just to follow

  * Runs continuously beginning now, and never stops

I suggest we do this instead of organizing a party.  Organizing a
party on E2D/DEMOEX lines would bring us into competition with similar
parties that are popping up everywhere.  It would be a pointless brawl
and a detour because the only outcome would be the open primaries as
outlined above, which would finish off the E2D parties.  No party can
survive the fact of open primaries.  This is maybe where I can help
(for my part), in laying down some of those technical facts.

With the time and money we save (avoiding a battle with the Pirates
and other E2D zombies), we could discover a more viable model for an
organization.  Or other opportunities.

Mike
  

Ed Pastore said:
> Agreed. The reason I define success as complete dominance of the political structure is because we're talking about, in essence, an anti-party. It has no political platform on issues; simply moving the issue debate into the hands of the people.
> 
> So as Rhett suggests, it's not meant to last for a particularly long time. It's meant to be a stepping stone: to open up people's minds to the reality that they don't have to be controlled by politicians. As they get used to that, eventually they'll realize that the representative is just a vestige of the old system and can be dispensed with altogether.
> 
> 
> On Jun 12, 2013, at 7:43 PM, Rhett Pepe wrote:
> 
> > Hi Mike and Ed,
> > 
> > For me, at least to begin with, success looks like winning a local election next year. If I can't do that, I'll put my main focus on to launching a software company.
> > 
> > If I can do that, I'll stop my job and have four paid years to build up the voting system and hopefully get together with Ed and merge into one political effort. From this point, success will look like improving the party in terms of voting, membership, and winning elections. 
> > 
> > Eventually, perhaps, direct democracy will replace representative democracy all together. 
> > 
> > Best,
> > 
> > Rhett