Negative voting – the concept of democratic voting procedure
No.1(2010)
Abstract
Keywords:
negative voting; freedom; justice; democracy; criteria for a democratic process
The paper shall introduce the concept of negative voting, which is based on an endeavor to more freely show our personal preference during elections. A theoretical principle is derived from perception of Dahl’s democratic process criteria, liberal concepts of freedom, equality and justice. In particular situations, this principle increases the rate of formal freedom for individual voter.
negative voting; freedom; justice; democracy; criteria for a democratic process