User can choose to be a representative

[voodoorai2000]

By default user votes should be private.

However users should be able to check an option in ther profile,
making their vote history and future votes public.

Returning to private votes should also be possible.

[bglusman]

I was discussing something related to this the other day, how to resolve the need for transparency with the general bias towards secret ballots for ensuring voters can't be intimidated... Probably not in scope for now, but thought I should at least mention the idea that:

a) Users can opt to be public or private on a particular vote
b) Perhaps some percentage of public votes should automatically be made private at random for plausible deniability in case of intimidation
c) Maybe there should be some way to record whether a voter claims to have been intimidated anonymously directly in the voting process for historical purposes?

Not totally fleshed out as ideas, but think they might bear discussion/consideration.

Also, does this mean you can't assign votes to someone unless they've chosen to vote publicly/opted in to be a representative? Should representatives even know who and how many people's votes have been delegated to them?

[voodoorai2000]

Hi Brian,

Great questions/considerations!

Yes, to delegate your vote on someone, this person must have public votes.
You don't wanna be delegating on someone without knowing what they really vote.

We haven't reached a conclusion on knowing who and how many people have delegated on a reprentative...
but it might make a lot of sense!

Regading vote coercion, this can be easily solved by overwritting your own votes.
i.e. your boss is behind you, so you vote "yes" to something.
when he leaves you vote "no" to the same proposal and the vote gets updated.