I've seen something like this suggested before, something like github for the law - lawhub but with a nice user friendly UI, be interesting to see the stuff evolve over and time and who was making the edits ;).

https://draftin.com/ has a lovely UI I like a great deal.

You mean, like https://github.com/bundestag/gesetze#german-federal-laws-and... is for Germany?

(That link is to a volunteer project to represent the German law, sourced from the official site at http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/, as GitHub repo with pull requests and merges for proposals and bills)

Yes!!! Democratic governments need this.

If one party or politician wants to logroll additional policies/amendments that work against the interest of the people, the records should permanently reflect their sleazy actions.

Campaigns shouldn't be about PR and a candidates ability to BS people for likes. Their commit history should reflect their true stance and impact on policy.

I'd like to see presidental debates revolve around a pull request :D