You may live in a country where you get to vote. How useful is voting? At present not very. One successful politician in my country said that if voting changed anything they would abolish it! A bit harsh but I could go with "if voting changed anything important ..."
Where to start. Firstly we don't get to vote very often. How does that work? Basically an antiquated system from a time when events moved at snails pace. I want to vote several times a day. I want government to be open and responsive to my views. And so I imagine do you. And we can. Watch this space.
At elections we get to vote i constituencies which are geographical. Why? I have a few issues in common with my local neighbours and these are mostly dealt with by local government. On a bigger scale I have more in common with folks all over the place who share my age, my background, my employment, my interests, my attitudes etc.. That is how we should vote.
At elections we mostly just get to vote for folks in political parties. That needs to change. We need in government people who listen to the electors and who don't give their influence to a political agenda. Why don't I get regular e-mails from my elected representative asking my opinion? Because he/she is not interested in my view unless at election time.
