POL201Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Direct Democracy, Tactical Voting, Electoral District
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Obligates citizens to abide by government laws and policies. It implies rights to criticize and you and i are responsible for government. If you"ve participated in election, you can criticize within the government, not to overthrow the government. Citizenship includes both rights and responsibilities to abide by the laws. Voting elections and representation are features of modernization it is not the direct democracy. We have to move from direct democracy to represented democracy. As population has grown, we are unable to apply direct democracy. The most common incident of direct democracy is the referendum. It is submitted to public for rejection or approval. They need certain numbers of partitions (signatures of public) to pass the policies. Most propositions are not that popular and well- known, and it is difficult for people to think about certain issues. The purpose is to educate the public on these issues.
