Verification and security
- Only verified members may vote. Sign up to become a member. A binding vote also needs an authenticator app, and it opens 30 days after verification. The app shows the countdown.
- ID verification. When Persona checks a government ID, we store only a salted one-way hash of the document number plus country. Never the raw ID. The same hash cannot open a second account. If Persona is not configured, the demo gates stay in place and this hook is already wired.
- Voting is anonymized and can be checked. Published totals do not name how a direct voter chose. The counting method is public.
Decentralized decision making
Verified members in each riding vote on Our Platform on bills already before the House. That riding's We Vote On It MP, once elected, votes in the House as those members direct them to. No exceptions.
- One person, one vote on each issue.
- Members can submit a new law for consideration, add evidence, or comment on an existing vote.
- Topic councils. Every proposal is assigned to exactly one council: Finance, Health, Justice, Environment, Indigenous Relations, Defence, Housing, Immigration, Industry / Economy, Transport / Infrastructure, Education / Families, Foreign Affairs, Democratic Reform / Electoral. The sponsor picks the council. A reviewer can reassign it. House bills are assigned by keyword, and a reviewer can correct that.
Liquid delegation
- A member can delegate their vote to another person at any time. On a House bill the order is their own vote, then a delegate for that bill, then the topic council, then a delegate for all votes.
- A delegated vote can be revoked instantly. A direct vote replaces the delegation until that vote closes.
Accountability
- The MP scorecard compares that MP’s recorded House votes (ourcommons.ca) with the majority of verified Our Platform members in the riding. Only yea and nay are graded. If there are too few comparable divisions, the card says there is not enough data yet.
Opinion clustering
- Verified members can post short statements on a bill or a proposal and vote agree, disagree, or pass. When enough members have voted, we group them by those votes and show what defines each group and the statements they share. Until then, the page says the groups are not ready yet.