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- 5d - Digital . Dynamic . Deliberative . Direct . Democracy - A site promoting the 5 ds through the use of DAVE an initiative to rid the world of politicians and replace them with people.
www.votedave.org
- Coalition for National Referendum - Organization which seeks to use a national referendum to resolve divisive issues in the United States.
www.nationalreferendum.org
- Committee for Direct Democracy - Promotes the centuries-old idea of direct democracy.
www.dawnpisturino.com
- Congress of International Direct Democracy - Participants from 14 nations around the world. Many participated as individual citizens of their countries while others represented a variety of universities or institutions devoted to improving democracy in their lands or across national boundaries.
www.auburn.edu/academic/liberal_arts/poli_sci/tann/prague/index.htm
- DDemocracy Meeting Place - Large list of direct democracy sites arranged by country, with new URL's added by visitors; resources on voting systems and theories; message board.
democracy.mkolar.org
- Defacto Elective Voters Of a True Equal Democracy (DEVOTED) - Supports a constitutional amendment using existing technology to allow citizens to vote directly in the law making process.
www.devoted.net
- Democracy 2.0 - Site advocating direct democracy and principles at all levels of government in the United States. Links to supporting historical and current documents.
www.democracy2.org
- Democracy and The Personal Representative - Advocates direct democracy and criticizes the present Canadian polity. Offers proposals for reform and reconstruction in the areas of constitutional bodies, rights, and participation.
www.democracies.ca
- Direct Democracy - Articles about the origins of democracy, the free market, and a plan for instituting direct democratic governance over twenty years. Special section for teachers.
www.directdemocracycentral.org
- Direct Democracy Campaign (DDC) - Campaigning for government by referendum in the UK and elsewhere in the world. Provides proposals, opinion articles, and news on the status of direct democracy.
www.homeusers.prestel.co.uk/rodmell
- Direct Democracy Center - Proposes a Constitutional Amendment to enfranchise all Americans into the political process through an electronic polling system connected to every home. Contains a repository of information about and links to other efforts to empower all of "The People."
RealDemocracy.com
- Direct Democracy Forum - Message boards, mailing lists, and other networking resources for direct democracy supporters and activists.
www.DirectDemocracyForum.com
- Direct Democracy League - DDL advocates national and state level constitutional renewal in the United States to meld direct democracy institutions with representative institutions. Documents and links.
www.mindspring.com/~sneitzke
- Direct Votes - Provides links and contact information for parties and organizations supportive of direct democracy in the UK.
freespace.virgin.net/jamesimac.mcglynn
- I&R: Citizens' Initiative and Referendum - Proposals and campaign resources for direct democracy such as citizens' initiative, referendum, and recall in Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
www.iniref.org
- Initiative and Referendum Institute - Non-profit non-partisan research and educational organization dedicated to the expansion of the initiative and referendum process in the US.
www.iandrinstitute.org
- Movement for Direct Democracy - Describes reasons for change, thoughts on strategy, and a schematic for voting by digital telephone.
home.swipnet.se/~w-38823
- National Initiative For Democracy - Seeks a Constititutional amendment to establish a "Legislature of the People" in the United States. Describes rationale and basic principles, outlines action plan, and links to activism resources.
www.ni4d.org
- Philadelphia II, Direct Democracy - 'National Initiative for Direct Democracy', USA constitutional amendment and federal law proposal.
www.p2dd.org
- ReDemocracy - Seeks an amendment that would limit U.S. national legislative bodies to emergency authority only.
www.autobuyology.org/car15.html
- Revolutionary Committees Movement - Direct Democracy and a unique brand of socialism in the 'Third Universal Theory' according to Moammar Kadhafi (Mu'ammar al-Qadhafi), the "Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya" and worldwide and African Mathaba.
mathaba.net/rcm
- Teledemocracy Action News Network - A global organization primarily dedicated use of modern technologies in all forms that directly empower citizens to have input into political systems at all levels of governance around the world.
www.auburn.edu/tann
- The Democracy Foundation - Direct democracy research group led by former U.S. Senator Mike Gravel. Profiles board members and current projects.
p2dd.org/nationalinitiative/democracyfoundation
- Voting By Phone - A non-profit organization devoted to educating the public about direct democracy. Solutions include voting on laws and candidates by internet and telephone.
www.vote.org/v/index.html
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