Hi, I agree with Dave that it does appear to be a bit... Sparse...
I've been kicking an idea around for a long time for a site that would let people vote on issues but it would have a number of significant differences: 1) Users would need to be identified in such a way as to be certain of their home address (i.e. FB / Twitter / G+ accounts would not be enough). It might be possible to do this through a credit-card check but that might be expensive. Ideally it would be done through Gov UK's new Digital Identity system if it is opened up into a platform. 2) The items to vote on would not be things thought up by the people running the site but instead would come from high profile national and local campaign groups (think Amnesty, Open Rights Group, Mumsnet, local anti-hospital closure groups, etc). The theory would be to move away from email bombing MPs to moving to a site where MPs can easily see how many people in their area (due to confirmed addresses) have expressed an opinion about a particular campaign. The MP would have the option to provide a response on the site showing why they were / were not also in favour. Following what Dave said about how the site would become well known, the theory for this version is that once it is working the pitch is taken to the large campaigning groups in an effort to ask them to move from emailing MPs to using this system. If some of those pick it up then they would, in effect, market the site themselves. It's not practical at the moment for the same reason that 38 Degrees isn't a convincing way to do things - i.e. there is no verifiable way to stop people automating the creation of multiple accounts for vote-bombing. Perhaps in the future when a proper digital identity platform is in place it'll be something to revisit. Dave Durant On 22 April 2013 21:04, 'Dragon' Dave McKee <[email protected]> wrote: > ... I'm not even sure what this is. > > An email signup, with a link for "Direct feedback to UK Governor" which > leads to a three question "Yes/No/Don't Know" survey. > > ... seems to be the entire extent of the website. > > What unfulfilled need do you think your site would fulfil? > How would you ensure that the government pays any attention to you, above > http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/, http://www.avaaz.org/en/ etc? > How do you gather sufficient local engagement to make the average number > of votes per locality to be bigger than one? > > Dave. > > - > > > > On 21 April 2013 11:27, Stuart Gardner <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi guys, >> >> We have just launched Public Democracy, a platform for the public to vote >> on local and national government proposals at an early-stage. By giving >> feedback during the formative stage, we can shape and influence proposals >> before they become policy. >> >> http://bit.ly/public-democracy >> >> Please sign-up to get your voice heard. >> >> Cheers, >> Stuart >> >> -- >> Stuart Gardner >> Public Democracy >> >> _______________________________________________ >> developers-public mailing list >> [email protected] >> >> https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public >> >> Unsubscribe: >> https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/options/developers-public/dave.mckee%40gmail.com >> > > > _______________________________________________ > developers-public mailing list > [email protected] > https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public > > Unsubscribe: > https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/options/developers-public/dave%40bowsy.co.uk > -- Omnes homines natura scire desiderant Twitter : @cholten99
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