7th May 2003, 8:59 PM
The Senate in Rome was elected... but it was rigged so that it wasn't a real election where everyone's vote counted equally. Yes, we are a Democratic Republic... and I would agree it is mostly marketing...
And it is true that there is a bit of direct democracy... in some states, anyway. I don't know how many states have it, but in some states (including Maine) if a bill gets signed by enough of the citizens of the it gones onto the next election ballot as a thing everyone votes on... and if it passes its automatically state law...
But there's nothing in the national government like that.
And it is true that there is a bit of direct democracy... in some states, anyway. I don't know how many states have it, but in some states (including Maine) if a bill gets signed by enough of the citizens of the it gones onto the next election ballot as a thing everyone votes on... and if it passes its automatically state law...
But there's nothing in the national government like that.