A new resource for citizens to exercise their rights and voice their opinions, fears, gripes and ask questions is Digital Democracy: Digital Democracy enables you and your community to discuss and prioritise issues, then challenges your MP to respond.
To find out more about them (no about page), read their press reports posted on their website – click on them to go to the original article.
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a new website promising to help communities coordinate campaigns targeting their local MPs has high hopes among its supporters in Westminster.
The political networking website digitaldemocracy.org.uk aims to foster online debate by letting MPs’ constituents band together to vote on issues.
Users submit proposals or ideas which are then voted on by other users. Once a month the most popular idea from every parliamentary constituency is sent to the local MP for them to act on. MPs are then allowed to explain what they are doing in response.
“I started Digital Democracy because I was fed up with how little say our communities have over the decisions that affect our everyday lives,” site creator Jonathan Elmer said.
“Facebook and Twitter are great for sharing pictures and gossip, but it’s about time we had a social network designed to be part of our political system.”
The site has all the social networking capabilities of similar sites, enabling members to send messages, make friends and create groups.
It also allows users to assess their political compatibility with other users. This, its promoters, say, is “invaluable if you are new in town”.
We would like to hear from DPAC supporters if they have used it or find it a useful resource – or not.