Localist Democracy

Council Democracy is a non-quadrant, democratic ideology. He believes that cities/districts, counties, and maybe even states should be run by elected councils and a direct democratic system.

How Members Get Elected
The size of the council depends on the size of what area we are dealing with (be it city/district, county, or state), but generally speaking there would be at minimum 10 members of the council. They would begin local campaigns and would be voted into office via ranked voting system. The most popular half would be members of the council.

How Frequent Are Council Elections
Every 2 years.

Who Leads The Council?
Technically, nobody. That’s right, there’s no official head of the council. He believes that if there is a head and he says something questionable, the entire area would look bad.

That being said though, he believes that unofficial coalitions within the council should be formed, in order to pass laws and come up with decisions

What Percentage Is Needed To Pass Legislation?
60% of the council must approve of legislation in order for it to be passed.

The People’s Say
Being a direct democratic system, he believes that the people should have a say in whatever decisions the council will make pertaining to local areas. Being public servants, they will make a list of decisions according to the people’s demands. To a degree, consensus democracy would be implemented, looking at a wide range of options based on how popular they are. Then, it would be taken to the council to decide what should be passed.

Popular Assembly
Those partaking in the democratic system attend a local assembly, anyone over the age of 18 can participate in local decision making. The assemblies aim to make decisions via a consensus, but are willing to fall back to a majority vote if they so choose to.

Administration
The councils have various administration levels, those being:

1: Legislation - responsible for passing community laws

2: Government - responsible for day-to-day administration

3: Land - responsible for environmental protection, land, and housing

4: Agency - responsible for law enforcement

National Laws
Although in the end, national laws must be followed, the councils simply control local affairs, manage local issues, and give the people a say. Although it generally wouldn’t be able to exist under a unitary system