Barcelona Voted First ‘European Capital of Democracy’
The city impressed a citizens jury, with projects including Decidim — a modular open source digital participation platform now in use around the world.
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Access, Accessibility and Alleged Fraud
Wheelchair access is won in Denver's first participatory budget, New South Wales removes i-voting affecting vision impaired citizens, and Bolsonaro supporters storm congressional buildings in Brazil.
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Exploring AI Moderation – A ‘Kosmo’ Journey
A group of Germany-based organisations recently launched a prototype AI experiment which aims to radically improve online deliberation and help moderators by analysing and elevating quality contributions.
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Building Automated, Personalised and Transparent Government Services
Zencity is dual headquartered in New York and Tel Aviv and works with more than 300 small, medium and large local governments around the world to improve trust through improved services.
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People Love Participatory Budgets
French company Fluicity is working to become the international leader in self-service and ‘white-label’ digital participation platforms. We spoke with CEO Julie de Pimodan about market developments, her plans and views on open source.
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‘Fluid’ Representation, Improved Deliberation and ‘Liquid Democracy’
Moritz Ritter is the Managing Director of Liquid Democracy - a Berlin based non-profit based on the concept of the same name. Here, he talks to us about the importance of creating more 'fluid' forms of political engagement and improving both deliberative and representative processes through technology.
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Building Trust Through Transparent Voting
Shai Bargil is co-founder and CEO of Sequent – an Israeli e-voting start-up building an end-to-end verifiable online voting platform for public and private sector elections. We spoke to him about his motivations, the need for trust and the future demand for transparent electronic voting platforms.
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Depositions, Digital Registers and the Impact of Citizen Assemblies
Nigeria's digital register runs into trouble, France implements a ban based on input from a citizen assembly and Fox Chairman Rupert Murdoch is questioned about Dominion Voting Systems.
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Protests in Favour of Voting Machines, Fidesz Misuses Data, and Arizona Responds to Conspiracies
Hundreds of Bulgarians take to the streets of Sofia to protest against the reintroduction of paper ballots, Fidesz accused of misusing citizens' data in online campaigning, and other news from the week in democracy technology.
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Tech for Justice – Helping Zimbabweans With Civil and Constitutional Rights
Courteney Mukoyi is founder of the Justice Code Foundation and leader behind the development of Astrea Justice — a tool that helps citizens in Zimbabwe navigate their civil and constitutional rights. On November 9, he received the Council of Europe’s Democracy Innovation Award.
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This Week in Democracy Technology: Blockchain Voting, Bolsonaro Rejected and the World Bank Upgrades Cambodia’s GovTech Rating
Bolsonaro's election challenge rejected by the courts, voting machine issues in the USA ruled a "miscommunication", the World Bank upgrades Cambodia's GovTech rating and South Korea to develop blockchain-based voting.
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This Week in Democracy Technology: AI Moderation, Police Surveys and a Citizen Climate Council
A group of German organizations launch an initiative to develop AI to assist moderation on participatory platforms, Londoners are being invited to tell the police how they feel, and Brussels announces a citizen assembly tasked with drafting climate recommendations.
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This Week in Democracy Technology: US Midterms Run Smooth and New Participatory Budgets Launch
No major fraud and only one instance of technical trouble involving voting machines reported in US midterms, Potsdam finishes voting on a participatory budget, while new PBs launch in North Carolina and the Dominican Republic.
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This Week in Democracy Technology: US Midterms and a Fellowship Opportunity
Calls are open for a Democracy Tech Entrepreneur Fellowship. Until the 20th of November the Alliance for Democracies, an EU based non-profit seeking to strengthen and revitalise the world’s democracies, is taking applications from citizens of Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova, and Armenia with an established business and an innovative solution to challenges facing democracy. The US […]
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“The evolution of democracy is linked to technology”
Interview with Silvia Caparros, CEO of Scytl, specialist in online voting. The electoral company, Scytl, are experts in providing highly secure solutions for online voting and electoral modernization. CEO, Silvia Caparros, talks about the technology and the services they provide in order to improve and expand democracy.
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