Direct democracy is the only form of decision-making that allows for the rapid implementation of real improvements. Direct democracy software serves as an advanced tool enabling full citizen participation in the decision-making process. It is an innovative and modular system leveraging information technology benefits to ensure transparency, participation, and accountability in all elections and decisions involving eligible individuals. When introducing direct democracy, it is crucial to consider the stages and the rapid evolution of this system. The beginnings may be controversial and based on existing regulations.
Phase One:
- Implementation of open-source software based on existing databases and systems to verify citizens’ identities.
- Each citizen sees other citizens and their activities, including name, surname, date and place of birth, city of residence, workplace, and optionally visible ID number.
- Each session must be transparent and readable. Every vote and referendum must be archived and made publicly available, applying checksums similar to those used in blockchain technology or torrents.
- All votes, comments, and opinions will be available in one place in the activity section.
- Integration and connection of the system to the parliamentary voting system as superior information on citizens’ decisions. In the initial stage, if citizens disagree with the parliamentary decision by a specified percentage of votes, opposition and a referendum follow.
- Upon logging in to the e-democracy website or application, local issues that citizens can influence are set as default. For example, a municipality resident, after logging in, has access to local matters along with information about municipal employees and detailed information about these employees (e.g., mayor, deputy mayor, municipal secretary, etc.).
- Each employee has a created profile containing all job-related information. The score for each representative will be maintained by residents with the ability to discuss or comment.
- Every significant information will have links to detailed data, such as who is tendering, which companies are participating, details about the selected company along with amounts, and details related to all tenders.
Phase Two: Implementing democracy into practice:
- Through small actions as a grassroots movement – local offices, local or distributed institutions, state-capital companies.
- Top-down, e.g., through a nationwide referendum and the implementation of a direct democracy system. Referendums on the implementation of previous election programs and necessary changes in existing regulations based on applications, such as:
- Changing electoral law.
- Voluntary insurance – abolishing the obligation to be insured in the state insurance company. Voluntary for everyone, both entrepreneurs and employees.
- Restoration of bank secrecy by withdrawing authorities’ rights to access accounts.
- Legalization of marijuana – trade, cultivation, and consumption.
- Abolishing permits and any consents, with the possibility of objection by the office, for the construction of a single-family house on plots located outside the city area.
- Elimination of cash withdrawal limits in banks and ATMs.
- Abolishing limits on cash settlements between companies and between companies and customers.
- Abolishing speed limits on highways and expressways, as in Germany.
- Elimination of religion in schools.
- Abolition of paid state highways.
- Abolition of the banking law and equalization of banks with regular enterprises.