Having grown up in a town with town meetings I see the advantage of having discussion and votes at the same time. The people voting on an issue have sat and listened to the explanations and reasoning behind each article. They can ask questions and form an opinion, and vote on an article.
If absentee voting, or voting without listening to any discussion is allowed, uninformed people will be voting on issues they may not fully understand.
The same problem happens during elections for public office. If you have ever watched interviews about current events with people on the street you understand how uninformed the majority of the population is. Yet they vote.
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