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Post by Aapocistan 2011-11-05, 20:19

I was wondering if anybody would be interested if I were to create a newspaper called the Informed Voter?
The basic idea would be the following:
Every time an issue is voted on, in eRep or on the Forums, I would send PM's out to all members of congress asking how they voted and maybe a 1 or 2 sentence comment. Then I would put all this info together in a hopefully clear short article.
The idea is to have voters know who they are really voting for to represent them instead of solely having to rely on presentations.

If this idea gets enough positive comments I'd really like to try this, but will probably take 2 more days to implement because I'm not yet lvl 9 Wink

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Post by ThomasRED 2011-11-05, 20:21

It seems a very interesting project !

It will help the citizens to learn better the candidate for whom they voted, it will maybe bring more activity in the congress votes, and it will give the citizens interests about congress issues...

Nice idea, really ^^
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Post by tecuvo 2011-11-05, 20:25

why not ...
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Post by Mike Wooldridge 2011-11-05, 20:29

Sounds like a good idea
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Post by Fhaemita Malodorous 2011-11-05, 20:29

Mike Wooldridge wrote:Sounds like a good idea
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Post by jamster737 2011-11-05, 20:35

Fhaemita Malodorous wrote:
Mike Wooldridge wrote:Sounds like a good idea
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Post by shadowukcs 2011-11-05, 20:45

meh kk
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Post by aVegan 2011-11-05, 20:52

jamster737 wrote:
Fhaemita Malodorous wrote:
Mike Wooldridge wrote:Sounds like a good idea
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Post by Olv007 2011-11-05, 21:05

Great! Wink
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Post by Procuste 2011-11-05, 21:43

Aapocistan wrote:
Every time an issue is voted on, in eRep or on the Forums, I would send PM's out to all members of congress asking how they voted and maybe a 1 or 2 sentence comment.

Actually I don't like this idea since it's contrary to a democratic process. We already have debates on the forum to express our points of views.
Saying what or who you vote for and then commenting it is just not "right". Neutral

(I don't want you to believe I'm opposed to you creating a newspaper Aapocistan, I think it's a great idea to bring new ideas to eBelgium Wink)

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Post by ThomasRED 2011-11-05, 21:45

Procuste wrote:Actually I don't like this idea since it's contrary to a democratic process. We already have debates on the forum to express our points of views.
Saying what or who you vote for and then commenting it is just not "right". Neutral

The votes are public no ? We can see for what you vote at every single vote, in the congress voting area... Question
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Post by Procuste 2011-11-05, 21:55

ThomasRED wrote:
The votes are public no ? We can see for what you vote at every single vote, in the congress voting area... Question

I knew that one was coming but I was too lazy to answer already : you don't see votes ingame. Aapocistan wants congressmembers to comment on votes ingame too. Wink

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Post by NLSP 2011-11-05, 22:03

well I would say, every congressman is free to do so Smile
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Post by Aapocistan 2011-11-05, 22:22

Procuste wrote:
ThomasRED wrote:
The votes are public no ? We can see for what you vote at every single vote, in the congress voting area... Question

I knew that one was coming but I was too lazy to answer already : you don't see votes ingame. Aapocistan wants congressmembers to comment on votes ingame too. Wink

I don't see how commenting on ingame votes would be undemocratic? I believe every voter has a right to know what his representative does for him/her. And, while it's true that a lot of reasoning can be found on the forums I don't think many citizens bother with reading 15 mins worth of discussion on every topic.
Moreover, after a while this should allow voters to see if congressmen follow strict party lines, are rather anarchistic, have strict believes etc.
In RL congress members do not get elected by what you can find out in preparatory legislative texts but on what they say or do before the cameras/mikes/reporters.

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Post by Aapocistan 2011-11-05, 22:23

NLSP wrote:well I would say, every congressman is free to do so Smile

And yes, every politician's favorite answer "NO COMMENT" is accepted, I won't spam your mailbox if you don't want to answer Wink

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Post by Ward De Bever 2011-11-05, 22:48

Great idea - sounds like the needed complement on the work along directives, so that it be clearly documented if representatives hold on to the directives they stated in their election campaign.
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Post by MaryamQ 2011-11-06, 03:14

Although I share Procuste's reservations about asking people to reveal what is supposed to be a private vote (in-game only), I certainly think it should be considered a good to have our voters well informed, and indeed the forum votes are publicly accessible anyway. If people will read it, this could be a very good thing. One additional thing you might consider is following who puts up the in-game votes and whether they have been properly debated beforehand.
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Post by M.Leviathin 2011-11-06, 04:19

No harm in trying it out.
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Post by Jofroi 2011-11-06, 07:58

If you want I can lend you my newspaper before you can own your own. Just send me the article and I will publish it Wink.
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Post by Cotarius 2011-11-06, 09:41

Good idea maybe the two clickers become more active by this.
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Post by tecuvo 2011-11-06, 11:33

Cotarius wrote:Good idea maybe the two clickers become more active by this.

i'm afraid that's too optimistic, but you never know Surprised
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Post by Mikhail Alexander 2011-11-06, 13:13

Is interesting and seems like a project that will inform the population accordingly. I like the idea, a lot.
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Post by Boklevski 2011-11-06, 14:13

It is indeed a very good idea!

The challenge will be to keep continuing it, also when very few congress members are willing to reply your message, or when the comment below an article go out of hand because a certain vote is a sensitive one...
Don't let such initial disappointments slow you down! Wink
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