Membership terms

Who can join

You can be a member if you are at least 18 years old, are an Australian citizen entitled to enrolment (or are otherwise entitled to be on the relevant electoral roll), and you support the objects of the Party. You may only hold one membership.

Membership is free

The membership fee is nil. The Management Committee may introduce or change a fee by resolution, and may waive it for hardship, but we will tell you before any fee applies to you. We will never charge you without asking first.

You need a verified mobile number

Membership requires a working Australian mobile number that you verify by SMS code. This is not box-ticking: to register a political party, the electoral authority takes a sample of our membership list and contacts those members directly to confirm they really are members. A membership we cannot verify does not count, and an unverifiable list puts registration at risk for everyone.

You are responsible for the accuracy of the details you give us, and for telling us when they change.

One member, one vote

Every member in good standing has one vote on each issue put to a binding vote. Votes are cast through the Party's platform. The Party confirms that each vote came from a distinct eligible member, while keeping how you personally voted confidential.

What a binding vote binds

When members vote on an issue, that outcome becomes the Party's position, and it binds the Party and its representatives. It does not bind you. You are free to disagree with a party position publicly, to vote however you like in any election, and to stay a member while doing so. Nobody is required to hold an opinion because a vote went a particular way.

Proposing and endorsing topics

Members can propose topics for the Party to vote on and endorse topics proposed by others. Proposals that gather enough endorsements progress to a vote.

Leaving, and being removed

You can resign at any time, in writing, without giving a reason. You can also ask us to delete your personal information. See the privacy notice.

A member may be suspended or expelled only for a serious or persistent breach of the Constitution, or for conduct seriously prejudicial to the Party. Before that happens you must be told what you are alleged to have done and given a reasonable opportunity to respond, and you can appeal an expulsion to a general meeting. Disagreeing with a party position is not grounds for removal.

Registration status

The Direct Democracy Party is not yet registered with the Australian Electoral Commission or any state electoral authority. We are gathering the membership needed to apply. Until registration happens, the Party cannot endorse candidates or appear on a ballot paper, and nothing on this site should be read as saying otherwise.

Using this site

Please do not attempt to vote more than once, register on behalf of someone else, submit false details, or interfere with the platform's operation. These undermine the member verification the Party's registration depends on.

Changes to these terms

We may update these terms as the Party grows and as registration requirements become clearer. The Constitution can only be changed by the procedures set out in it, and the protected rights in clause 4 need the entrenched-amendment procedure. We will date any change at the top of this page.

Contact

Questions about membership go to the Party Secretary, Timothy Yang, at Balgowlah Heights NSW 2093, or [email protected].