Co-voting Democracy

Hans Gersbach ()
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Hans Gersbach: ETH Zurich, Switzerland

No 16/256, CER-ETH Economics working paper series from CER-ETH - Center of Economic Research (CER-ETH) at ETH Zurich

Abstract: We outline a new voting procedure for representative democracies. This procedure should be used for important decisions only and consists of two voting rounds: a randomly-selected subset of the citizens is awarded a one-time voting right. The parliament also votes, and the two decisions are weighted according to a pre-defined key. The final decision is implemented. As this procedure gives the society – represented by the randomly-chosen subset – a better say for important decisions, the citizens might be more willing to accept the consequences of these decisions.

Keywords: Co-Voting; Representative Democracy; Citizen Participation; Legitimacy of Democracy; Assessment Voting (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D7 D8 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 10 pages
Date: 2016-08
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