Liberopinion: Democracy for a New Age

Democracy for a New Age
www.liberopinion.net
Pedro Agante
Libertrium
pedroagante@libertrium.com
Artur Afonso Sousa
PolytechnicInstituteof Viseu
ajas@di.estv.ipv.pt
Luís Borges Gouveia
University Fernando Pessoa
lmbg@ufp.edu.pt

Enableindependent online interaction between the stakeholders in a democratic process
Encourage citizen participation
Narrow the gap between citizens and politicians
Fosterdebate, deliberation and knowledge sharing
Create a wide eDemocracy community
The available services aim to

Democracy for a New Age

Governmeterenables monitoring and deliberation about government performance
Elections concentrates the main election stakeholders in a single place and enables multidirectionalcommunication

Elections
Questions
&
Answers
Suggestions&
Comments
ElectoralPrograms
&
Comments

Elections – Main Features
Citizenssubmitquestionsandideasover a range ofpre-definedtopics.
Citizensvote theirinterestonthequestionsandsuggestionsinorder to createthe Top ofthemostrelevantquestionsandsuggestions
Candidates answerthequestionsandcommentthesuggestions
Candidates publishtheirelectoralprogramorganizedbytopics
Citizenscomparethe candidates’ electoralprograms
Debate zones (circlesofinteraction)
For candidates
For citizensand candidates

Elections in real-time – candidates in Portuguese national elections (October 2009)

Elections– Timeline
September 2009 – parlamentaryelectionsin Portugal (testVersion)
October 2009 – local electionsin Portugal (testVersionin VISEU)
October 2010 – Partnership SAPO
December 2010 – Elections for HeadofthePortugueseMedicalAssociation
January 2011 - PortuguesePresidentialelections (23th January 2011)

Governmeter
StatisticalIndicators
Objectives
Measures

Governmeter– Main Features
Graphicdisplayofthemainstatisticalindicators.
Citizenssubmittheirownanalysisabouttheevolutionofthestatisticalindicators.
CitizensgivetheirpointofviewaboutwhethertheGovernment objectives havebeenfulfilled.
CitizensdebatethemeasuresproposedbytheGovernmentandParlament.

Elections and Governmeter
– Additional Features
Interactionwithexisting social networks (Twitter, Facebook)
Incorporationoffeaturesof social networkssuch as, followcitizenand candidate, followquestion, amongothers.
Receiveautomaticupdatenotificationsaboutfollowedusersandquestions
Allcitizensubmissions are subject to moderationundertheTermsofService

Summary
We believe that it is useful for society to have an application that unites, in a single, neutral and civilized place, the stakeholders in the electoral process so as to allow multidirectional communication between them.
We consider that it is necessary to have an online presence that promotes, in a single, neutral and civilized place, ongoing monitoring and debate about the government activity.

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Liberopinion: Democracy for a New Age

by Luis Borges Gouveia on Oct 16, 2010

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