Comments on: Obama’s participatory democracy http://www.steinbock.org/blog/2008/11/18/obamas-participatory-democracy/ futures grow from seeds of thought Tue, 03 Aug 2010 16:40:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Bob Rocket http://www.steinbock.org/blog/2008/11/18/obamas-participatory-democracy/comment-page-1/#comment-78836 Bob Rocket Sun, 01 Feb 2009 00:48:25 +0000 http://www.steinbock.org/blog/?p=62#comment-78836 We have a charity in the uk called mysociety, their aim is to promote democracy. One of their sites http://www.theyworkforyou.com gives details of who your representatives are from local parish councillors, Members of Parliament to Euro MEPs, it also gives information as to how they have been voting on your behalf. The also run a sister(brother?) site http://www.writetothem.com where you can contact your representative, they keep track of non-responders and publish how well/not our elected representatives are at keeping in touch with us. Is there something similar in the US. ? We have a charity in the uk called mysociety, their aim is to promote democracy.
One of their sites http://www.theyworkforyou.com gives details of who your representatives are from local parish councillors, Members of Parliament to Euro MEPs, it also gives information as to how they have been voting on your behalf.
The also run a sister(brother?) site http://www.writetothem.com where you can contact your representative, they keep track of non-responders and publish how well/not our elected representatives are at keeping in touch with us.

Is there something similar in the US. ?

]]> By: Davyd http://www.steinbock.org/blog/2008/11/18/obamas-participatory-democracy/comment-page-1/#comment-74385 Davyd Wed, 19 Nov 2008 07:30:00 +0000 http://www.steinbock.org/blog/?p=62#comment-74385 Yes. This is right on point. I feel that we should hold this president to a very high level of transparency and commitment to the things we elected him for. Let's get petitions, like the very simple, but oft overlooked, ones that were given to ["Gee, Dubs"] in the past years, out to our [President for Change]. Based on how he's reacted to the people who have helped him win through the very channels of communication that he should open up to let us do what is in our power to get things rolling in the way we want. Digital <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weatherman_(organization)#Underground" rel="nofollow">sit-in </a> anyone? Yes. This is right on point. I feel that we should hold this president to a very high level of transparency and commitment to the things we elected him for. Let’s get petitions, like the very simple, but oft overlooked, ones that were given to ["Gee, Dubs"] in the past years, out to our [President for Change]. Based on how he’s reacted to the people who have helped him win through the very channels of communication that he should open up to let us do what is in our power to get things rolling in the way we want. Digital sit-in anyone?

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