Democratic election and consultation tools

[Torsten Grote]

On Tuesday 28 February 2012 17:41:23 you wrote:
> The use cases are: anything that would improve engagement with voters, and
> better inform elected representatives - I don't really know what would turn
> out to work.

Ok then you might also want to have a look at 

    http://www.markaspot.de/en/
and
    http://www.ushahidi.com/

Also interesting this Freedom Of Information Request software
    https://github.com/stefanw/froide

> Current models of
> engagement require a high degree of participation or no participation, and
> make consultation with those who can't easily participate a slow and
> expensive process.

Liquid Feedback also allows delegations per topic or globally, so people can 
already have an influence with almost no participation relying on people who 
participate. In case these people misuse their delegations, they can be 
removed at any time.

Regards,
Torsten
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