Editing Qing Long (section)

=== People's House ===
Using the Cortex each and every citizen of the Republic can introduce legislation, debate policy, and vote on bills, both from the People's House and from the the Senate. Bills introduced in either house can be voted on no earlier than two weeks after introduction and 'Receipt' by a quorum of citizens. The quorum currently stands at 20% of the adult population. Some bills die in this house because citizens have not looked at them. <br><br>
In addition to voting on laws, the People's House also elects the Executive. The Executive is in charge of the implementing the laws, and running the government. They serve at the will of the People's House. A new election can be called for with a simple majority of either house or senate. Although Executive has considerable power, he or she is more of a bureaucrat than a presidents. The majority of governing is done the Legislature.

:Ballot Boxes - Each household is entitled a single limited use cortex box that uses very strong encryption to send in votes. A two tiered id system is used to ensure the identity of the user. These devices are audited using several techniques, and so far there has been no reported large scale fraud in the system. This does not prevent intimidation, vote buying, or other methods of election tampering. A Ballot Box can be used for Emergency communication, but abuse of this can result in loss of voting privileges AND criminal prosecution.