From the People, By the People: Direct Democracy in the Digital Age

Recently, a federal appeals court ruled against public advocacy groups in a legislative map dispute. I don’t want to dive into the legal quarrel because I believe this ruling highlights a more significant issue within the electoral process: the absurdity of the limitations put upon people by the current representative system.

Voters in the U.S. and many other democracies are relegated to selecting representatives to make decisions on their behalf, but increasingly, these representatives manipulate voters and the…