Senator On-Line
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| Senator On-Line | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Berge Der Sarkissian |
| Deputy Leader | Sue Cluss |
| Founded | 2007 |
| Political Ideology | Electronic Direct Democracy |
| Website | http://www.senatoronline.org.au |
Senator On-Line (abr. SOL) is a registered Australian political party that contested the 2007 Federal election. It is running ten candidates for the Australian Senate.
Unlike other political parties, Senator On-Line does not have any policies of its own. Instead it will conduct an online poll for every bill that passes before the Senate. Anyone on the Australian electoral roll who is not a member of another political party will be allowed to register to vote in these polls and will be allowed one vote per bill. The senators will then be required to vote in accordance with the clear majority (70% and more than 100,000 votes). If there is no clear majority the senators will abstain from voting.
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[edit] Candidates
| New South Wales | Victoria | Queensland | Western Australia | South Australia |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Reilly | Robert Rose | Ben Peake | Daniel Mayer | Joel Michael Clark |
| Berge Der Sarkissian | Jenny Barrett | Sharon Bateson | Zoe Lamont | Courtney Clarke |
[edit] Restults
Senator On-Line received over 8000 votes nationally in the 2007 Australian Federal Election - a reasonable result and better than the national votes for four other parties.
[edit] External links
- Senator Online Website
- Party Constitution
- Australian Electoral Commission page
- AEC: List of Senate Candidates CSV
[edit] Media coverage
- The Australian: New party pushes online votes by Patricia Karvelas 10/10/07
- mX: Online party, Power to the people. by Rebecca Beisler 11/10/07
- Slashdot: Australians Running On-Line Poll Based Senators 15/10/07
- The Sydney Morning Herald: Online party hopes to click with voters by Asher Moses 18/10/07
- The Canberra Times: Net party to hand power to masses. by Michael Ruffles 25/10/07
- CRN Australia: Democracy the Web 2.0 way by Mitchell Bingemann 29/10/07

