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Conventional wisdom used to say that democracy would be more direct in the future. We'd be able to press buttons on our televisions to decide on laws, making parliaments obsolete, and turning on ...
Everyone stands to benefit if agencies can find a way to advance the state of e-democracy. E-democracy remains the same tantalizing concept it was five or six years ago when government agencies ...
Adhocracy is an open source implementation of liquid democracy for decisionmaking processes, primarily for civil participation projects, but also by political parties and the German Federal Parliament ...
Electronic tools stimulate citizen interest, involvement -- and accountability.
We're seeking your help to report on the current health of e-democracy by measuring your local town or municipal website against a checklist of features that characterizes best practice.
But plenty still feeling e-xcluded... Almost half of Brits have indulged in a spot of e-democracy, Ofcom research has found. According to the regulator, 42 per cent of people surveyed said they ...
As the controversy around e-voting grew last year, parodies like this one began to emerge. This Hustler magazine spoof focuses on an election in Georgia that resulted in a major upset by winning ...
Harnesses E-Democracy in Politics. Micah L. Sifry. Thu, June 7, 2012 at 8:29 PM UTC. The petition is one of the oldest tools in American politics.
The next step, according to the e-democracy entrepreneur, Antonio Mugica, is creating tools for people to engage with lawmakers on a daily basis. Antonio Mugica is the CEO of Smartmatic, ...
E.B. White’s feelings about democracy resonate still. Some of his images and metaphors do not. Democracy, he wrote, is “the feeling of privacy in the voting booths, ...