Political parties

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Political movement

Making democracy work at campaign speed

Behind Zohran Mamdani's historic mayoral primary win was a decision-making system that coordinated 13,000 members with zero paid staff.

  • Binding votes at scale
  • Anonymous member voting
  • Clear record of every decision
  • Full data control via self-hosting
Case study: NYC Democratic Socialists of America →
Making democracy work at campaign speed
How a political party writes policy across a vast state
Political party

How a political party writes policy across a vast state

A political party stretched across vast Western Australia needed to turn hundreds of voices into unified policy — clause by clause, region by region.

  • Policy input from regional groups
  • Clause-by-clause policy draft review
  • Pre-built consensus shortens meetings
  • Iterative amendments until consensus
Case study: Greens (WA) →
Government initiative

Cross-government initiative consults nationwide on sensitive policy framework

A national workforce capability framework on family and sexual violence was shaped through careful online consultation that drew meaningful, detailed feedback from across the sector.

  • Closed nationwide sensitive-topic consultation
  • Meaningful multi-sector feedback
  • Clear process driving engagement
  • Organized threads meeting government deadlines
Case study: NZ Family Violence Workforce Expert Design Group →
Cross-government initiative consults nationwide on sensitive policy framework
National legislature deepens citizen engagement between sessions
Government legislature

National legislature deepens citizen engagement between sessions

A Welsh parliamentary committee turned a one-off citizen meeting into an ongoing dialogue that made both sessions more productive.

  • Extended discussion between sessions
  • Two-way citizen-policymaker dialogue
  • Bilingual Welsh-English content
  • Online agreement before meetings
Case study: National Assembly for Wales →
Government agency

Government agency runs transparent open source policy consultation

A national government agency replaced the traditional submissions process with open online dialogue, engaging senior IT leaders who would never have participated otherwise.

  • Open, transparent policy consultation
  • Two-way consensus-building conversations
  • Engage hard-to-reach professionals
  • Transparent policy document revision
Case study: Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) →
Government agency runs transparent open source policy consultation
Citizen democracy coalition

Democracy coalition launches 461 citizen groups across a nation

A coalition of direct democracy groups launched hundreds of local decision-making groups covering every region of Greece, turning online discussion into pressure for real political change.

  • Nationwide citizen political participation
  • Accessible to non-technical citizens
  • Transparent voting with participation tracking
  • Collective pressure on local officials
Case study: Alliance for Direct Democracy / Coalition for Direct Democracy in Greece →
Democracy coalition launches 461 citizen groups across a nation

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