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Online Direct Democracy

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Leader
  
TBA

Preceded by
  
Senator Online

Founded
  
2007

Headquarters
  
Curl Curl NSW

Online Direct Democracy

Ideology
  
Electronic Direct Democracy

Online Direct Democracy (abbr. ODD), formerly Senator Online, is a registered Australian political party that contested the 2007 and 2013 federal elections. In the five states the party contested in 2007, it received on average 0.06% of the vote (or roughly 6 votes for every 10,000 cast) with the greatest success in Victoria where it received 0.18% of the vote (or roughly 18 votes for every 10,000 cast).

Senator Online was granted permission by the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) to change their name in 2015.

Online Direct Democracy does not have any policies. Instead it has pledged to conduct an online poll for every bill that passes before Parliament. Anyone on the Australian electoral roll would be allowed to register to vote in these polls and will be allowed one vote per bill. The MPs would then be required to vote in accordance with the clear majority (55%-70% and more than 100,000 votes). If there is no clear majority they will abstain from voting. A beta version of the system is operating and available for public use. This system has been designed to highlight the possibilities on online democracy.

The party has been involved in Glenn Druery's Minor Party Alliance.

In the 2016 federal election Online Direct Democracy - (Empowering the People!) fielded two senate candidates in each of New South Wales and Queensland, one senate candidate in the Northern Territory, and House of Representatives candidates in six seats in New South Wales, two in Queensland, one in Western Australia and one in the Northern Territory.

References

Online Direct Democracy Wikipedia