Directory of Electronic Democracy Resources

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The use of computers, computer technology, and the internet in political campaigns, community organizing, and other political functions.

Subcategories

• Electronic Voting Systems

Resources in This Category

• Campaign Web Review

  http://mindtest.typepad.com/cwr/index.html
  Seeks to highlight the ways candidates and campaigns used the Internet in 1998 and provides perspective on the positive and negative impacts that this powerful medium is having on the electoral process.

• Center for Digital Government

  http://www.centerdigitalgov.com/
  A national research and advisory institute providing government and industry leaders with research and educational resources to help them transform public organizations through digital technologies.

• Center for Technology in Government

  http://www.ctg.albany.edu/
  Works with government to develop information strategies that foster innovation and enhance the quality and coordination of public services.

• E-The People

  http://www.e-thepeople.org/
  Online petitions regarding a wide variety of subjects are available for online signature. Also, for constituent letters, a search function that identifies issue-relevant public officials.

• Electronic Voting Hot List

  http://lorrie.cranor.org/voting/hotlist.html
  List of Internet sites with information about electronic voting--includes links to information about systems, protocols and risks; also includes links to information about direct democracy, vote-by-phone, and vote-by-mail.

• Gotzeblogged

  http://gotzespace.dk/
  John Gøtze's weblog covering news about e-democracy, e-government, and e-governance.

• Minnesota E-Democracy

  http://www.e-democracy.org/
  A nonpartisan citizen-based project, whose mission is to improve participation in democracy in Minnesota through the use of information networks.

• NetAction

  http://www.netaction.org/
  Founded to educate the public, policy makers, and the media about technology-based social and political issues, and to promote access to and use of information technology as a tool for community organizing, outreach, and advocacy.

• Publicus.Net

  http://www.publicus.net/
  Steven Clift offers articles, commentaries, presentations, and mailing lists concerning campaign, elections, and the future of electronic democracy.

• The Campaign Finance Information Center (CFIC)

  http://www.campaignfinance.org/
  Dedicated to helping journalists cover campaigns more in-depth by following the campaign money trail. It collects state campaign finance data from across the nation, and uses the data to build a search engine that allows reporters to track political cash flow.

• VeniVidiVoti

  http://vvv.sourceforge.net/
  Provides an online forum for users to write texts in furtherance of participatory democracy.

• Virtual Activist Training Course

  http://www.netaction.org/training/
  A primer on using the Internet for political activism.

Related Categories

• Home > Society > Issues > Science and Technology > Computers > Government Computerization
• Home > Society > Politics > Campaigns and Elections > Election Reform
• Home > Society > Politics > Democracy > Direct Democracy

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