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Flux is a political movement which aims to replace the world's elected legislatures with a new system known as issue-based direct democracy (IBDD). Flux originated in and is most active in Australia, but it is also active internationally, with a group existing in Brazil.
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IBDD is similar to liquid democracy, though there are differences. In IBDD, voters would still have the right to vote directly on every issue or delegate their vote to someone else, but unlike in liquid democracy, unused votes can be traded for credits with other voters. Voters would receive an equal number of credits at the start of every year.
Software to implement IBDD is being developed by Nathan Spataro and Max Kaye as part of a startup company.
Australia
In Australia, there are Flux parties on the federal level and in the Australian Capital Territory. On 20 December 2016, the Western Australian Electoral Commission received an application to register a Flux party in Western Australia.
Elections
In the 2016 Australian federal election Flux stood two senate candidates in every state, and one in the Australian Capital Territory under the name "VOTEFLUX.ORG". The group drew first preference votes of between 0.08% and 0.28% of first preference votes in each state, for a national average of 0.15%.
The Flux Party - WA under the banner of "Flux the System!" nominated 24 candidates for the 2017 Western Australian election. 12 in the Legislative Council and another 12 in the Legislative Assembly. Voting for the legislative council uses group voting tickets, and preference deals amongst the minor parties orchestrated by Glenn Druery mean that Flux the System has its best chance of winning a seat in the Mining and Pastoral Region.