The European Citizen Initiative is in full bloom

There are 15 open citizen initiatives collecting signatures in the European Citizen Initiative. Nine of them were registered in 2019 and five of them in the last month of May. These concern things like ending the aviation fuel tax exempetion, protection of biodiversity, solution to climate change and animal rights. The European Citizen Initiative has… Continue reading The European Citizen Initiative is in full bloom

Internet shutdown in Sudan and the IPS revolution

Human Rights Watch  and many international news media outlets are reporting on the very severe conditions that has been the case in Sudan the last two weeks. As people are fighting for their lives, they are meeting authorities who are limiting the access to basic instruments for livelihood. The last couple of days, almost all… Continue reading Internet shutdown in Sudan and the IPS revolution

The E-petition and politics in the 2000s

This is the Holy Grail of digital democracy, or e-democracy. Is there a space for electronic technology to impact political policy? The load of political discussion with the help of electronic technologies, like the internet and computer/smartphones, are shaping political statements in an ever increasing way. News papers are digitalizing their paper versions and we… Continue reading The E-petition and politics in the 2000s

Polling of elections

In the world of politics, and democracy, media outlets, researchers and others are trying to figure out how a poltical actor, party or candidate, will do in an election. This is a very important factor as a poll indicates who will get what amount of the votes and will be able to some level predict… Continue reading Polling of elections

Election calenders

Elections come and go, if not every month but at least every year. Some of them are highly represented in media all around the world, sometimes more than a year before they will take place as of the general election for the presidency of the USA 2020, while some get a smaller notice in a… Continue reading Election calenders

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