Salvete,
I think that a period of one Nundinae would work for most voting issues. Two
would be better for major items. Would we want to sometimes make a
distinction between discussing an issue and actually voting on it ? Something
like this:
Step 1. Declare that an issue has arisen that will require a vote, and
present a proposal for discussion.
Step 2. A fixed period of time for discussion.
Step 3. Formal presentation of the final proposal to the voters.
Step 4. A fixed period of time in which to vote ( and engage in any further
discussion that people might desire). A stepped process like this would
enable the initial proposal to be changed to a more acceptable form as a
result of the discussions is step 2, and thus more likely to be approved by
the voters. Or is this getting too complicated and impractical ?
Speaking of voting - what about the December elections ? Is there, or should
there be, a timeframe for candidates to announce themselves ? Something like -
"Candidates shall announce themselves between day X of month X and day Y of
month Y". If we are going to have a Voters Handbook, then the candidates have
to be known by a certain date in order to be included in the Handbook, and the
Handbook has to be distributed to the citizens some time before the actual
elections. So, what's the deadline ? I do hope that we will have campaign
seasons that are reasonably short in duration. And just how much information
is going to be in the Voters Handbook ?
Valete,
Quintus Poppaeus Sabinus
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