Direct democracy is at the heart of the Common Good design. In each community, members meet to discuss and decide on funding priorities for the greater good.
You assign a person in your community as your ongoing Representative (Proxy). Someone you know and trust. Whenever you don't vote, your Representative's vote counts double (one vote for them and one vote for you). If your Representative also fails to vote, then your Representative's Proxy votes for all three of you. [more]
Everyone's voice is counted, whether or not they vote directly — one person one vote.
Our community's most trusted Representatives (chosen by many people to be their proxy) will meet in person to research and debate specific issues. These trusted Representatives ("Trustees") do not decide broad policy issues — all members decide the policy issues. Instead, Trustees oversee public discussions, choose wording for questions to be voted on, take action as directed by the members, and assure that the system is running smoothly.
There is no way for anyone to tell who has chosen you as their proxy. And Your proxy does NOT have access to your Common Good account, bank account, or personal information.