Wyoming voters to have no say on Powerball

Comment #15

CASH Only — Sat, 24 Dec 2005 16:39:13 GMT

In some countries you have to vote, and there is only one choice.

Comment #14

demonter — Mon, 19 Dec 2005 23:03:26 GMT

Cash Only: Vote for none of the above ? That's a good question.Maybe they have write in votes where voters can fill in None of the above . In Australia or some place they revoke your Driver's License if you fail to vote.

Comment #13

CASH Only — Mon, 19 Dec 2005 14:45:22 GMT

Where voting is compulsory, can you vote for none of the above

Comment #12

demonter — Sun, 18 Dec 2005 15:14:02 GMT

A subtle but important distinction; political scientists refer to the USA as a Democratic Republic. The voters elect Representatives to govern on our behalf. Good idea most of the time, but special interests and corruption sometimes cloud the operation of our Representative form of Government. The Swiss are much more Democratic than we are. The population votes on all important national issues with a binding direct referendum. Issues like immigration,membership in international organiazations (U... [ More ]

Comment #11

demonter — Sun, 18 Dec 2005 15:00:35 GMT

Democracy comes from the Greek philospoher/statesman Democratis from Athens. The Greeks invented democracy; but the Swiss Confederation is the oldest still functioning Democracy in the world today. The Greeks fell into tyrany and monarchy after a while. So, you are correct about the Greeks and I am correct about the Swiss.

Comment #10

Todd — Sun, 18 Dec 2005 14:47:41 GMT

Actually, didn't the Greeks form the first true Democracy

Comment #9

hsvscubaski — Sun, 18 Dec 2005 14:38:56 GMT

We are NOT a democracy!!!!! We are a REPUBLIC. Big difference

Comment #8

demonter — Sun, 18 Dec 2005 13:10:18 GMT

Voting directly from you PC at home? Now, that's Democracy In Action.(There's talk of the concept already...the politicians are getting nervous.

Comment #7

Badger — Sun, 18 Dec 2005 02:55:56 GMT

....and you know, perhaps one day, what with the tech advances in computers, we might reach a point where each of us has the ability to vote from home on a moment's notice by touching a screen.Now that is something the spend-crazy pols don't ever seem to want to address. Hmmm...I wonder why

Comment #6

mylollipop — Sun, 18 Dec 2005 00:05:40 GMT

Say What? What about of the people, for the people, BY THE PEOPLE

Comment #5

demonter — Sat, 17 Dec 2005 18:59:21 GMT

If we had more referendumas and less politicians people would be better off.

Comment #4

LosingJeff — Sat, 17 Dec 2005 18:54:21 GMT

you guys must think this is 1940's America--people no longer have a voice like they did back then!!!The politicians forget that America belongs to the people

Comment #3

Badger — Sat, 17 Dec 2005 01:23:28 GMT

Rep. Kermit Brown, R-Laramie, said the issue of establishing a lottery should be decided by lawmakers, not in a nonbinding vote by the electorate. It's a cop-out, he said. We were elected to make those decisions. =======================See, this sums up the problem I have with elected politicians. I don't vote for someone so that he/she can make their decisions for me. I can make my own decisions, thank you very much.Their job is to run things according to how the majority of the electorate w... [ More ]

Comment #2

demonter — Fri, 16 Dec 2005 21:11:02 GMT

Politicians don't like referendums; it makes then feel like the voters are working around them, bypassing them...which is true. There is no purer form of democracy that a direct voter referendum. Switzerland is the most purely democratic nation in the world today due to their habitual direct voter referendums where EVERYONE votes on an issue. I heard some news reporter call the USA the world's oldest democracy.He was wrong -the Swiss Conferderation is the oldest democracy, formed centuries bef... [ More ]

Comment #1

jim695 — Fri, 16 Dec 2005 17:51:12 GMT

From the article:Rep. Kermit Brown, R-Laramie, said the issue of establishing a lottery should be decided by lawmakers, not in a nonbinding vote by the electorate. It's a cop-out, he said. We were elected to make those decisions. ___________________________________________________________________________________There's the problem. Where is it written that we elect these idiots to make decisions for us?This is a dangerous yet common misconception among our lawmakers, and they need to be re-edu... [ More ]

Wyoming voters to have no say on Powerball

Lottery Post — Fri, 16 Dec 2005 15:57:00 GMT

Voters won't be given a say next year on whether Wyoming should join the multi-state Powerball lottery.The Joint Travel Committee voted 8-4 Thursday against sponsoring a bill that would have put a nonbinding referendum on the 2006 ballot.Opponents were reluctant to endorse a public vote that ultimately doesn't force any legislative action.Rep. Kermit Brown, R-Laramie, said the issue of establishing a lottery should be decided by lawmakers, not in a nonbinding vote by the electorate. It's a cop-o... [ More ]