Mission


The Lincoln Club proposes "Ultimate Democracy".

The Lincoln Club expects to realize it as a true sense of democracy,standing on the basic standpoint: "Democracy evolves itself".

Ultimate Democracy is based on the following idea that:


(1) All the people, voters can make their own decision - yes or no -on all political issues ------ and they must have the rights to their final political decision.


(2) We are always ready to select one of three different systems for one political bill ----- direct democracy, representative democracy and their mixed system. People are free to choose one of these three systems by their own will.


(3) No dead vote would exist by working principle of perfect decision by majority. And the will of the people should be equal to the will of the representatives, also should be proposed as a will of the country.


(4) The electronic voting system is adopted. Thus all the people's will is automatically and momentarily totaled, and the country all around would be an Arena for political meeting.


Ultimate Democracy will arise at the goal of mixing system of direct and indirect democracy. Ultimate Democracy does not only mean a political referendum system. If so, what is it on earth? How should it be realized? 　
I will point out the basic condition of Ultimate Democracy in the following:



The Condition of Ultimate Democracy ---- Its Tentative Plan


1. The right of voting by each representative is basically the "provisional" one.


2. This "provisional" right of voting by each representative should be determined by the total number of votes in the election, not by the existing one-person-one-vote system.


Ex - 1.
The number of votes in the 50th General Election to the House of Representatives:

Mr. Gore 　 　　vote: 160,619
Mr. Bush 　　　　 　 　　47,339
Mr. McCain 　　　　　　60,443
Mr. Bradley 　　　　　　76,698


3. Voters can delete or change the trust of their own sovereignty to the representatives at any time, not only in the election.


Ex -2
The number of votes after deletion or change of the voter's trust:

Mr. Gore　　 　　　　155,316 　from 160,619
Mr. Bush　　　　　　　88,491 　from 　47,339
Mr. McCain　　　　　 66,431 　from　 60,443
Mr. Bradley　　　　　 55,614 　from　 76,698


4. The result of the "provisional" voting should be changed by the result of a national referendum.


5. Representatives may not be bound by the rules of their Party, but the result of voting should be announced in the public.


6. Important bills are only discussed and are not be made a decision in the Diet. They should be passed by a national referendum. The other bills can be determined by both cases: (1) that the decision in the Diet is adopted； (2) by a national referendum after the decision in the Diet, confirming the changed number of votes andre-totaling the results of voting.



＜Notes＞


a) By the decision and voting of bills in the Diet, electronic voting system is adopted.
　　　
b) Because of electronic voting, the confirmation and transaction of people's trust or deletion of their sovereignty, are done by computer.

c) Important issues are discussed and made a decision by direct voting in the Diet.

d) Each defeated candidate can handle his/er own right to decision-making as many as the number of votes he/she obtained.

e) Voters are free to entrust their own sovereignty to the third person except for the representatives, or they are free to delete the trust.

f) Representatives cannot be bound by the rules of their Party, but the result of voting should be announced in the public.


If voters will not delete the trust of their own sovereignty to the Diet, it will be representative democracy. If they will delete it and vote directly, it will be direct democracy. Precisely, voters can select and decide both systems at any time.


Merits of this System


1. Voters can entrust their own sovereignty freely to the third person except for the representatives and delete the trust.

2. No dead vote exists. Voters who renounced their right to vote, or who voted for a defeated candidate, can handle their own sovereignty.

3. The sovereign can select either direct or indirect voting system, so they are able to vote for the bills in which they have interest, and entrust the representatives with their votes for the bills in which they have little interest.

4. Electronic voting system is adopted; Voters do not need to go to the voting place.


(The　End)



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