Direktdemokraterna

Direct Democrats
Direktdemokraterna
Abbreviation DD
Founded 4 April 2014 (2014-04-04)[1]
Ideology Direct democracy
Political position Big tent
Website
direktdemokraterna.se

The Direct Democrats (Swedish: Direktdemokraterna, DD) is a Swedish non-affiliated neutral political party, based on the principles of direct democracy.

The Direct Democrats party believes that the electorate should be able to directly influence their DD representatives by voting on political issues and policy proposals through the Internet.[2]

History

A Direktdemokraterna banner in Stockholm (2014)

The Direct Democrats party was approved by the Swedish Election Authority April 4, 2014.[1] This new party was a merger of three direct democracy parties; Demoex, Aktiv Demokrati, and Äkta Demokrati.[2] DD's short-term goal was to introduce the idea of direct digital democracy (DDD) in Sweden by running for election in 2014.

Direct democracy application

The Direct Democrats party is developing an iOS application with the aim of delivering direct democracy through the use of blockchain technology.[3] It is planned to be released ahead of the Swedish 2018 September election, for use should a DD representative be elected to the Swedish Parliament.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Liljegren, Jonas (n.d.). "Den 4e april godkände valmyndigheten partiets ansökan om registrering av partibeteckning" (Blog). Aktiv Demokrati. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  2. 1 2 Rosengren, Lina (27 August 2014). "Ny teknik öppnar för direktdemokrati". CIO (in Swedish). Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  3. ↑ "eGOV - Direktdemokraterna". egov.se. Retrieved 2016-07-01.
  4. ↑ "Snart kommer appen som gör det möjligt för alla att rösta i riksdagen direkt från mobiltelefonen" (in Swedish). Direktdemokraterna. 1 July 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2016.

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