On 19 May 2010 10:28, Edmund von der Burg <[email protected]> wrote: > On 18 May 2010 20:52:31 UTC+1, Abdul Hai <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi are there any plans to cover other elections by creating sites and that >> kind of stuff? For example. > > Running YourNextMP was quite a bit of work. It was made possible by > the great volunteers from DemocracyClub and I'm really happy with the > outcome. > > Extending the site to cover other elections is something I'd like to > do but I need to make sure that it is possible. This means knowing > that there are volunteers out there to help put in and manage the > data, and money to cover the time to develop and run the site. It was > tough keeping up with the high profile candidates for 650 MP positions > so you'll understand that I'm hesitant to go try to track the lower > profile candidates for the 29,000 local councillor positions. > > Any ideas about ways to attract funding and volunteer interest very welcome :) > >> The upcoming Labour Leadership elections. >> The elections in the nations and London Assembly and Mayoral elections. >> European Parliament elections. >> Mayoral elections for directly elected Mayors. > > don't forget Scottish and Welsh Assemblies too
Oi, it's a Parliament in Scotland, not an Assembly! Seb >> One of the reasons I ask is that it seems that a lot of those elections are >> in many cases ignored in favour of the general election even though they >> have a larger number of voters. >> >> I was asking some people in my borough if they were interested in a site >> like my next mp for our first directly elected Mayor and I got no response >> even though the Mayor will have many of the powers of the council cabinet. >> >> >> Support solar power in the developing world. >> http://www.everyclick.com/solaraid >> http://www.solar-aid.org/ >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list [email protected] >> Archive, settings, or unsubscribe: >> https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public >> > > > > -- > Who will you vote for? > http://www.YourNextMP.com > http://blog.yournextmp.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list [email protected] > Archive, settings, or unsubscribe: > https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public > -- skype: seb.bacon mobile: 07790 939224 land: 020 8123 9473 _______________________________________________ Mailing list [email protected] Archive, settings, or unsubscribe: https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public
