Welcome to E-Democracy.org

We promote local online civic engagement everywhere and host the online town hall model that works.

Starting Points

• Forums - Our 25+ Issues Forums and special online groups support local democracy and community online
• Pages Wiki - Information and resources
• Blog - Sharing lessons and engaging ideas
• Participation 3.0 - New innovations in online civic engagement
• About - Extensive background and how to contact us

Project News

• E-Newsletter - Receive free news on e-democracy
• Blog - Sharing lessons and engaging ideas
• Recent News: E-Democracy.org welcomes CityCamp Exchange, Local Labs, and Locals Online as part our Participation 3.0 effort to convene leaders in the next generation of local online civic engagement.

Issues Forums - All Forums

Our 25+ local Issues Forums serve 15 communities and thousands of participants across the U.S., the UK, and New Zealand. Since 1994, we've built local-up democracy and community online. Universal civility rules (no name calling, local scope, etc.) and volunteer local facilitators make the difference. Participants must register and use their real names.

Recently Opened or Proposed:

• Westborough Issues Forum, Massachusetts - USA: Proposed
• St. Paul East Side Neighbors - Minnesota - USA: Proposed
• Minneapolis Longfellow Community Issues Forum, Minnesota - USA: Proposed
• Minneapolis Nokomis East Neighbors, Minnesota - USA: Proposed
• Minneapolis Corcoran Neighbors, Minnesota - USA: Proposed
• St. Paul Greater Frogtown Neighbors, Minnesota - USA: Now Open
• NE Minneapolis Neighbors - Minnesota - USA: Now Open
• All Public Forums: Detailed list

Quick Forum Links

• US: Bemidji, Cass Leech, Cook Co MN, Grand Rapids MN, Las Vegas NM, Minneapolis: (CedarRiv, Corcoran, Longflw, NokoE, NE, PoHo, StanEric, Seward) MN Politics, Central Ohio, St. Paul: (Eastside, Frogtown, Highland), Roseville, US, Winona
• UK: Brighton Hove, Bristol: (Gtr Bedminister, Brislington), Oxford: (CSW, Cowley, HM), Newham
• NZ: Canterbury
• General: Projects - for volunteers, Minnesota Voices - on social media for local/rural communities, CityCamp - local Gov 2.0, Locals Online, Local Labs - tech, more.

More from E-Democracy.org

• Donate to support your forum and expansion.
• Start an Issue Forum - Details with a free guidebook and video
• MyBallot.Net - During elections, find out who's on your ballot and where to vote

Our non-profit, non-partisan mission is to expand participation and build stronger democracies and communities through the power of information and communication technologies and strategies. Developing the next generation of online civic engagement is part of our  Participation 3.0 effort. Join us.

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