- Why government doesn't need another app
- Problems in civic tech
- So You Want To Reform Democracy? (Josh Tauberer)
- Tom Scott e-voting video
- This is also good on sanctity of paper ballots
- User need is "because democracy"
- Micah Sifry on 'big organising' (very good, and features a Turner painting as the cover art)
- New experiments in democracy
- Ben Rattray (founded Change.org) on next steps for tech and democracy — ignore the clunky header, it's worth a read
- When is the crowd wise? Can it be trusted?
- Civics education (in the US, but still interesting)
- Put Globalization to Work for Democracies
- Why elections are bad for democracy
- Building a civic tech sector to last
- Scaling Civic Tech (Knight Foundation) — everything you should know if you want to be more than a hobbyist. Joe took some notes, which you can see here.
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Who should I vote for? There’s (not) an app for that. – Why voter advice apps like VoteMatch and Vote for Policies mislead voters.
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“I find politics inaccessible”: User testing voter advice apps