If people generally were engaged with the issues enough to sign petitions with some level of feeling empowered and informed I could see the initiative process working. Now we just need to figure out how to manipulate the willingness to get up and vote for reality tv contestants and convert it to a willingness to vote about issues that actually are important... Ad astra per aspera
I think Sven may be your man... En un viejo país ineficiente, algo así como España entre dos guerras civiles, poseer una casa y poca hacienda y memoria ninguna. -- Gil de Biedma
What specific requirements should be imposed upon the organisers of an initiative in order to ensure transparency and democratic accountability? Do you agree that organisers should be required to provide information on the support and funding that they have received for an initiative?