A guy in Colorado is running for municipal political office and promises to vote the way the majority of his constituents want him to, through their ability to communicate their choices through an app.
There are pluses and minuses associated with the potential for fraud, but he has a few of the more obvious issues covered.
What do you think? Will this improve government’s ability to actually fulfill the will of the people?
© 2026 – SoulSequel
8 responses to “Would you appreciate this kind of democracy?”
I don’t trust any voting that can get hacked into, like voting via an app. This sounds lazy, and potentially dangerous.
What happened to meeting with your constituents in person by visiting different areas in your district, and holding town hall meetings?
The voter needs to be informed and so does the candidate.
Let’s bring civics back to schools.
@Gina https://thedreyfussinitiative.org/
“To teach our kids how to run our country, before they are called upon to run our country…if we don’t, someone else will run our country.”
– Richard Dreyfuss
@immortal_pirate That’s super cool! I didn’t know Dreyfuss had an organization like that. I saw former Supreme Court Justice, Sandra Day O’Connor (who is a good republican, see I don’t always see one side only) :) …I saw her speak, and her topic was Civics, and how our country was being dumbed down by not knowing how our system works. This was years ago, and look at where we are now. She has a similar website called iCivics:
https://www.icivics.org/
@Gina I agree that hacking is an issue but i think a bigger one is voter apathy and partisan politics.
To become a candidate to represent a party you have to play politics in all its ugliness. When you get elected, it doesn’t stop.
What this guy is suggesting is that his constituents would get an actual say and this is the purest form of democracy. It also takes power away from politicians who abuse their positions because the quite literally can.
Will this work? I doubt it, because the people would rather hand the responsibility to someone else that they can point fingers at afterwards. Heaven forbid a person has to examine the facts and make a decision for themselves.
@spitfire3dc I think in theory this would work, but I believe the same people who read, attend town hall meetings and counsel meetings will be the same people who download the app. The people with apathy aren’t going to bother. The problem is, how do we combat apathy? As I said, we need to teach civics in schools like we used to. The voting age was lowered when I was in high school, so in order to graduate; I had to pass a class about how government works – a civics class. We also need to bring back School House Rocks!
@Gina I regret that I can only “like” this Idea only once on this site. I like this idea a lot. Here is a whole basket of “likes” !!!!
I think there is a vital difference between a good leader and just a people-puppet.
The people tend to ask for and gripe about things impacting their emotions and feelings at the moment. Most see just themselves and not the greater whole.
A good leader needs to be a bit like a good parent: using their broader knowledge of the bigger picture to craft wise & healthy solutions for all . . . rather than just throwing chocolate bars at the whining kids.
@griz I’d have to agree.