elections
Kandidatenwatch
The website "candidate watch" provides a platform for Landtag candidates in the Bundesland where there are upcoming elections to present themselves. It affords voters the opportunity to pose questions online in a candidate’s personal forum.
Tags for this project: active candidate discussion forum E-Mail elections Germany MP regional politics watch
Who Should You Vote For?
Great Britain’s Elect-O-Mat. On the basis of the user’s responses to particular theses, whoshouldyouvotefor.com determines which party has greatest agreement with the user’s personal preferences. It is a private offering. The website is offline, but will be back at the next election.
Tags for this project: elections finished political simulation United Kingdom voting
Not Apathetic
The aim of the project was for non-voters to explain the reasons why they intended not to go to the polls. Journalists and politicians who are interested in nonvoters can use the website as a platform for finding out why citizens do not go to vote. Users could also comment on the explanations.
Tags for this project: comment function elections finished mySociety.org United Kingdom voting
Y Vote Mock Elections
Mock Elections is engaged in the issue of elections for children. After registering, children can bring their issues all the way to the top (“If you are Prime Minister, what would be your top priority?”). Not only can users enter their own issues, but the issues raised by others can also be debated.
Tags for this project: Department for Education and Skills elections finished Hansard Society United Kingdom unmoderated forum voting young people
Votes at 16
The Votes at 16 campaign wants to lower the voting age for all public elections in the United Kingdom. On the website, users can support the campaign with an action statement. They can also download petitions and posters and action letters in order to start their own offline campaign.
Tags for this project: active digital signature collection elections online campaign United Kingdom voting young people
Juniorwahl 2006
The junior elections are concerned with the substantive preparation for and staging of simulated Internet elections. Prior to elections, teachers are trained and provided with informative materials. One week before the real election, the junior elections begin in the schools.
Tags for this project: e-voting elections finished Germany political simulation regional politics young people
dol2day
The website ‘dol2day’ offers its more than 25,000 users the opportunity to participate in a virtual democracy. Parties can be founded and governments elected. The aim is to encourage political education over the Internet and to foster participation in a simulated Internet democracy.
Tags for this project: active community e-voting elections Germany moderated webchat political simulation unmoderated forum
