*** Democracies Online Newswire - http://www.e-democracy.org/do *** From: http://www.kable.co.uk/ Online elections top poll 6 December 2000 Interest in electronic democracy continues to take off in the UK. Some MPs even read their email Online voting is the most sought-after internet-based service from local government, according to a poll of local authorities released on 6 December 2000. IT firm Metastorm, which describes itself as an "e-process automation software developer", asked 50 local authorities in the UK which internet-based service the public most wanted them to provide. Two out of three cited internet voting. ... clip ... In another move towards e-democracy in the UK, a website allowing anyone to fax their MP without knowing their name or constituency has gone live. FaxYourMP.com has already sent more than 200 faxes to MPs, said founder Tom Loosemore. "Many MPs are less than happy, but it's encouraging to have MPs emailing us saying 'I really do use email' - in which case we replace the 'send your fax' button with a 'send an email - he/she really does read them'." - SLC - Very funny. :-) See: http://www.faxyourmp.com *** Please send submissions to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** *** To subscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** *** Message body: SUB DO-WIRE *** *** To unsubscribe instead, write: UNSUB DO-WIRE *** *** Please forward this post to others and encourage *** *** them to subscribe to the free DO-WIRE service. ***
