Comments on: Direct Digital Democracy – A Disaster? http://shkspr.mobi/blog/index.php/2010/03/direct-digital-democracy-a-disaster/ Mobiles, Shakespeare, Politics, Usability. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:59:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Digital Democracyhttp://shkspr.mobi/blog/index.php/2010/03/direct-digital-democracy-a-disaster/#comment-6151 Digital Democracy Tue, 06 Apr 2010 10:20:54 +0000 http://shkspr.mobi/blog/?p=1912#comment-6151 Another experiment in digital democracy can be found here, www.digitaldemocracy.org.uk! It's still a work in progress, but a work we hope to progress very far! It's a website where you can make proposals, vote on other's proposals, and get those top proposals heard by your local MP or decision maker. Right now we are in the piloting stage of the website and promoting it heavily in Durham with MP Roberta Blackman-Woods and MEP Fiona Hall on board.Anyone from England, Scotland, and Wales is welcome to use the site, Denny is on it, hopefully, you will find it useful! Another experiment in digital democracy can be found here, http://www.digitaldemocracy.org.uk! It’s still a work in progress, but a work we hope to progress very far! It’s a website where you can make proposals, vote on other’s proposals, and get those top proposals heard by your local MP or decision maker. Right now we are in the piloting stage of the website and promoting it heavily in Durham with MP Roberta Blackman-Woods and MEP Fiona Hall on board.

Anyone from England, Scotland, and Wales is welcome to use the site, Denny is on it, hopefully, you will find it useful!

]]> By: Terence Edenhttp://shkspr.mobi/blog/index.php/2010/03/direct-digital-democracy-a-disaster/#comment-5909 Terence Eden Sat, 27 Mar 2010 08:59:02 +0000 http://shkspr.mobi/blog/?p=1912#comment-5909 Thanks - have corrected the post. Good luck! Thanks – have corrected the post. Good luck!

]]> By: Stuart Alexanderhttp://shkspr.mobi/blog/index.php/2010/03/direct-digital-democracy-a-disaster/#comment-5897 Stuart Alexander Fri, 26 Mar 2010 22:04:50 +0000 http://shkspr.mobi/blog/?p=1912#comment-5897 The thing is, that the MP's sometimes aren't any better informed than the public. They don't read all the bills and even admit that they do not have time to do so. Maybe providing this system of voting will ensure that at least someone will read the bill ;) The PATRIOT act is a classic example, most of congress didn't even read it. Generally one would assume that the people who care enough to log onto the website to vote will take the time to make an informed vote. Also, the plan is to have reference documentation about the issue to read on the same site as the poll. It is, as you say, a bit of an experiment, and requires a certain amount of trust in the public. Personally I think that's what's missing from politics! The thing is, that the MP’s sometimes aren’t any better informed than the public. They don’t read all the bills and even admit that they do not have time to do so. Maybe providing this system of voting will ensure that at least someone will read the bill ;) The PATRIOT act is a classic example, most of congress didn’t even read it. Generally one would assume that the people who care enough to log onto the website to vote will take the time to make an informed vote.
Also, the plan is to have reference documentation about the issue to read on the same site as the poll.
It is, as you say, a bit of an experiment, and requires a certain amount of trust in the public. Personally I think that’s what’s missing from politics!

]]> By: Dennyhttp://shkspr.mobi/blog/index.php/2010/03/direct-digital-democracy-a-disaster/#comment-5894 Denny Fri, 26 Mar 2010 20:50:35 +0000 http://shkspr.mobi/blog/?p=1912#comment-5894 Regarding the exceptions... there's some discussion of the points you raise here in my FAQ, and some examples of the scope with which I might apply them on a page linked from that: http://getavote.org/pages/main/faq http://getavote.org/pages/other/exception-examples Regarding the exceptions… there’s some discussion of the points you raise here in my FAQ, and some examples of the scope with which I might apply them on a page linked from that:
http://getavote.org/pages/main/faq
http://getavote.org/pages/other/exception-examples

]]> By: Dennyhttp://shkspr.mobi/blog/index.php/2010/03/direct-digital-democracy-a-disaster/#comment-5892 Denny Fri, 26 Mar 2010 20:43:03 +0000 http://shkspr.mobi/blog/?p=1912#comment-5892 Thanks Terence... hopefully the least ringing endorsement my campaign will receive :)You've got a couple of things astray in here... it's Hackney South and Shoreditch (not east), and the last line seems to have exposed markup in it - presumably the angle brackets are entities for some reason. Thanks Terence… hopefully the least ringing endorsement my campaign will receive :)

You’ve got a couple of things astray in here… it’s Hackney South and Shoreditch (not east), and the last line seems to have exposed markup in it – presumably the angle brackets are entities for some reason.

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