RE: freedom to run our own election?

[Evan Daniel Ravitz <evan@xxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 7 Jan 2005, Paul Tiger - LPBC - Outreach wrote:

> Political bodies are very unlikely to reverse any decisions, because it
> would infer that they chose incorrectly the first time.

And their careers and egos are on the line. This is one of the main
rationales for a more important part of the Swiss voting system: the
ability of their citizens to initiate laws at all levels from local
to Federal.

Citizens DON'T have the incentive to stick with bad decisions and
use taxpayer money to cover them up. Unlike Congress, which is
pampered and largely above the law, Citizens have to live with any
bad decisions, and thus have an incentive to change them.

For more on how politics work in Switzerland, see:
http://vote.org/swiss2.htm

Evan

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