# kaal:claim:3709041-019

**Claim.** Vote delegation inevitably reintroduces corruption into a microdemocratic system, because representatives may seek to bribe or purchase votes to gain power, so delegation necessitates a policing system.

**Type.** failure  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- applies where microdemocratic systems permit delegation of voting power

**Source quote.**

> Yet, the delegation of voting power inevitably allows corruptive element back into the system as certain representatives may wish to bribe or purchase votes to provide them with more power in the system.

**From.** Kaal, *Blockchain Technology for Good* (2020), II.2 Microdemocracy, page 14

**Cite as.** Kaal, Blockchain Technology for Good (2020). SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3709041

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**Failure mode.** corruption through vote delegation  (family: plutocratic-capture)

**Topics.** governance-design

**Keywords.** vote-delegation, corruption, microdemocracy, policing

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