From 352986af182a4554085f39c30ee2941873408c3f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nathan Schneider Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2019 04:05:02 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update docs/mediums/continuous_voting.md, docs/mediums/lottery_voting.md files --- docs/mediums/continuous_voting.md | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- docs/mediums/lottery_voting.md | 3 +++ 2 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) create mode 100644 docs/mediums/lottery_voting.md diff --git a/docs/mediums/continuous_voting.md b/docs/mediums/continuous_voting.md index 63c11bd..af567bb 100644 --- a/docs/mediums/continuous_voting.md +++ b/docs/mediums/continuous_voting.md @@ -1,3 +1,43 @@ # Continuous voting - \ No newline at end of file + + +Continuous voting is a system in which the vote occurs on a continuous or frequent basis, rather than during discrete election periods. + +**Input:** Ballot, randomized or universal electorate, easy mechanism for vote changing + +**Output:** Frequent or real-time results + +## Background + +Continuous voting mechanisms have been proposed in a variety of forms and contexts, though largely only since the advent of Internet technology that would streamline vote-changing and counting. [Delegation](delegation.md) systems like "liquid democracy" generally use continuous voting. + +Economics blogger Steve Randy Waldman [proposed](https://www.interfluidity.com/v2/7043.html) in 2018 a model by which random subsets of the electorate would be polled on their representatives at frequent intervals. The same year, BlockScience CEO Michael Zargham [proposed](https://github.com/BlockScience/conviction/blob/master/social-sensorfusion.pdf) a model called "conviction voting," in which votes grow stronger the longer the remain with a particular choice, and greater stake in the system increases vote strength, among other properties. It has been [adopted](https://medium.com/giveth/conviction-voting-34019bd17b10) as part of the blockchain-based Commons Stack project. + +## Feedback loops + +### Sensitivities + +* Provides feedback closer to real-time +* Reduces spectacle around occasional ballots + +### Oversights + +* No fixed terms of elected cohorts, reducing ability to plan for a session in office +* Can instill greater insecurity among elected representatives + +## Implementations + +### Communities + +* [Commons Stack](https://commons-stack.gitbook.io/wiki/) (in development) +* Various pirate parties using liquid democracy + +### Tools + +* [Democracy Earth](https://democracy.earth) implements liquid democracy + +## Further resources + +* [Delegation](delegation.md) +* Kay. May 29, 2019. "[Conviction Voting: From ad-hoc voting to continuous voting](https://medium.com/giveth/conviction-voting-34019bd17b10)." Giveth blog. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/docs/mediums/lottery_voting.md b/docs/mediums/lottery_voting.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ff5dc84 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/mediums/lottery_voting.md @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +# Lottery voting + + \ No newline at end of file