Source: Liberal Currents
by Adam Gurri
“Democracy is not just about using elections to pick your leaders. An election that picked an all-powerful executive who had the authority to change laws at will would not remain a democracy for long. Actually existing democracy requires, at minimum, routinized election procedures that conform to rules which keep them free and fair. No single actor should have the power to easily change these procedures and rules; there must be a procedure for changing the procedures. And the ultimate authority over these procedures and rules must rest with legislatures, so long as those legislatures are actually apportioned and elected in a representative manner.” (02/11/25)