Internet Voting for Policy Proposals: Amplifying Open Government in Chile and Colombia
This paper investigates the impact of internet voting for draft policy proposals in the framework of Open Government Partnership, on the whole ecosystem of open government in Chile and Colombia. The research objective is, to identify the impact of i-voting for policy proposals on voters, civil soci...
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This paper investigates the impact of internet voting for draft policy proposals in the framework of Open Government Partnership, on the whole ecosystem of open government in Chile and Colombia. The research objective is, to identify the impact of i-voting for policy proposals on voters, civil society organizations, government authorities and open government overall, taking into account public transparency, civic participation and public accountability. Methodologically, this international comparison of case studies has employed a mixed methods approach including the analysis of applied reports, legislation, social media and expert interviews. It was found that in Chile and Colombia, the i-voting for policy proposals helped bridge remote parts of the countries and thus, make democratic participation more inclusive. Ultimately, the non-binding consultative i-voting for draft open government policies in both countries empowered civil society, working in the open government domain to advocate sectoral policies to be introduced by the government.
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| spelling | doaj.art-94fc2c34a427461f89bfcf76bbc3518a2023-09-16T07:01:43ZengDanube-University KremsJeDEM - eJournal of eDemocracy & Open Government2075-95172023-09-0115110.29379/jedem.v15i1.791Internet Voting for Policy Proposals: Amplifying Open Government in Chile and ColombiaDmytro Khutkyy0Eduardo Astudillo Laureda1University of TartuUniversity of Tartu This paper investigates the impact of internet voting for draft policy proposals in the framework of Open Government Partnership, on the whole ecosystem of open government in Chile and Colombia. The research objective is, to identify the impact of i-voting for policy proposals on voters, civil society organizations, government authorities and open government overall, taking into account public transparency, civic participation and public accountability. Methodologically, this international comparison of case studies has employed a mixed methods approach including the analysis of applied reports, legislation, social media and expert interviews. It was found that in Chile and Colombia, the i-voting for policy proposals helped bridge remote parts of the countries and thus, make democratic participation more inclusive. Ultimately, the non-binding consultative i-voting for draft open government policies in both countries empowered civil society, working in the open government domain to advocate sectoral policies to be introduced by the government. https://jedem.org/index.php/jedem/article/view/791electronic votinginternet votingopen governmentChileColombia |
| spellingShingle | Dmytro Khutkyy Eduardo Astudillo Laureda Internet Voting for Policy Proposals: Amplifying Open Government in Chile and Colombia JeDEM - eJournal of eDemocracy & Open Government electronic voting internet voting open government Chile Colombia |
| title | Internet Voting for Policy Proposals: Amplifying Open Government in Chile and Colombia |
| title_full | Internet Voting for Policy Proposals: Amplifying Open Government in Chile and Colombia |
| title_fullStr | Internet Voting for Policy Proposals: Amplifying Open Government in Chile and Colombia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Internet Voting for Policy Proposals: Amplifying Open Government in Chile and Colombia |
| title_short | Internet Voting for Policy Proposals: Amplifying Open Government in Chile and Colombia |
| title_sort | internet voting for policy proposals amplifying open government in chile and colombia |
| topic | electronic voting internet voting open government Chile Colombia |
| url | https://jedem.org/index.php/jedem/article/view/791 |
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