The Case Foundation just released the 20 finalists out of 5,000 applicants for the Make It Your Own Awards. You can vote here: miyo.casefoundation.org/vote
This innovate program (I was among the judges selecting the 20 finalists) is also a very interesting exercise in online voting. You can’t just go online and choose one winner, you need [...]

I’ll be keynoting one of the first major e-democracy conferences in Mexico next week on Wednesday, November 21st in Mexico City.
The full day seminar is being organized by the independent organization that runs Mexico’s federal elections – Instituto Federal Electoral. For details in Mexico, call 53.34.02.80 ext. 108 see this site for details: [...]

Anyone looking for a job? Know a good candidate?
Apply or pass this along.
Steven Clift
DoWire.Org
E-Democracy.Org
From: Michael Weiksner [mailto:mike@e-thepeople.org]
Sent: Monday, October 22, 2007 9:26 PM
Subject: Can you recommend someone for this job: Voter Guide Toolkit Campaign Leader at e-thePeople.org
I am writing to ask for your help.
I am recruiting project manager for our election initiative in 2008. [...]

NOTE: This is my first cross-posted blog post as part of the Knight News Challenge to both DoWire.Org and the Media Shift Idea Lab blog.
On my Democracies Online blog I shared my dismay about the so-called online candidate debates thus far this election cycle. With E-Democracy.Org we hosted the first online candidate debate back in [...]

OK, I’m ticked.
Back in 1994 Scott Aikens and I put together the world’s first online candidate debate as part of Minnesota E-Democracy. It was a state level debate. Today, E-Democracy.Org has a resource center on e-debates here: pages.e-democracy.org/E-Debates
In 2000, I worked on the general election Web White & Blue Presidential Rolling Cyber Debate in which [...]