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Old 08-03-2018, 09:27 AM   #463
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Default Re: Exotic Governmental/Legal Systems

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Originally Posted by malloyd View Post
You could set a threshold (you have to hold at least X proxies to enter the chamber). As long as you require a majority of the number of proxies that *exist* and not the number that happen to be present to pass anything, that should still more or less reflect the will of the electorate. Though the potential downside there is you need an engaged electorate - if you don't get at least 50% voter participation, your government is automatically paralyzed, and in practice you need enough more to account for the proxies assigned to people who don't reach that entry threshold.

The best of these suggestions feel like a star trek episode waiting to happen.
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