943 votes
Allow the public to comment on all legislation
Allow at least a 5 day comment period where the public can comment on all legislation before it is signed into law.
Allow at least a 5 day comment period where the public can comment on all legislation before it is signed into law.
llundber
"and to the REPUBLIC for which it stands" Comments go to your representatives. They then make the decisions. Given the amount of nuts on the internet and those without substance who love to be heard, it may be best to just comment and vote, limitedly, akin to the limited votes here on UserVoice.
6 months ago
fanariotis
This would be the digital equivilent of free Athenian citizens gathering at the AREIOS PAGOS to to listen and comment on the leaders discussions. Truely democratic!
6 months ago
GabeMiami
I'd like to comment on commenting; I think it's a great idea. Any comments about me commenting on commenting?
6 months ago
flamingBurrito
moreso than actually allowing the public to comment on bills, i feel like all bills up for vote needs to be open to the public. Allowing people to directly comment and have power over whether the legislation passes would only result in pointless flame wars and trolling
6 months ago
exoh
The flame wars would be epic.
I think this needs to go further though, I don't think allowing comments would really get anything done in the long run. Maybe a digg like voting site (like this one) for every bill would be proper.
I'd rather see the results in numbers rather than a long string of dumbass comments.
6 months ago
jpritikin
Have you heard about the National Initiative for Democracy proposal? http://ni4d.us
This proposal would permit citizen initiative at the federal level.
6 months ago
raichlea
Hey guys, he already promised something like this, so don't waste your votes. It's called "sunlight before signing" and it's on his web site.
6 months ago
nerdychaz
What would happen to law with so many "first" and "lol" posts.
j/k good idea really, idk
6 months ago
matte
What is the law regarding legislation now? As I understand it, some requires comment, but most does not. Anyone have a good source for these rules in both House and Senate? I'd extract and paste here.
6 months ago
sebourne
For comments to be useful, people need to be able to comment long before a bill is ready to be signed, which means that we need to lobby the legislature for this. This is beyond the authority of the President.
6 months ago
rjhancock
It would also allow those that understand the implications to comment and hopefully prevent some of the crap going on.
6 months ago
ScooperJay
I really like this recommendation. I can imagine there are challenges to implement this in a manner for the comments to be considered valuable, and not a lot of 'noise', but nothing insurmountable. I would love to have, and this is key, a popular central resource, that gave me the ability to understand what my elected officials are preparing to vote on, and provide feedback.
6 months ago
bradyglen
I would put 2000 votes on this If i could, this is really really REALLY important, people should have a right to comment and know what bills are being passed so that the legislators will a better idea of what they are doing to the American public
6 months ago