Re: [OM] (OOOOOTTTTTTTTT)

[Ken Norton]

> Although I can't vote here, I do admire the Swiss system where its the
> people who vote on issues with regular referendums and anyone can ask
> for a referundum on an issue provided they get enough signatures on a
> petition. I can't see it working in the UK though and I don't know
> enough about USA to know if it would work there.

As Charlie mentioned, there are some states that have a petition
system in parallel to the representative form of government, but the
national level is strictly representative. The system is a bit klutsy
at times, but it actually does work.

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