Merced County Participatory Budgeting Process Hits Snag, Plows Ahead
The first-ever participatory budgeting process at the county level has not gone off without a hitch, but it is still going on.
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NYC Participatory Budgeting Process Gets Another Upgrade
This year, every participating district will have digital ballots at polling sites, and in 11 districts, people can pre-register and vote online at a later time.
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New Book Looks at Participatory Budgeting as Civic Tech Trend
Last week the Ash Institute For Democratic Governance and Innovation published Civicist contributor Hollie Russon Gilman’s first book, Democracy Reinvented: Participatory Budgeting and Civic Innovation in America. What follows is a short Q&A with Gilman about her new book and what the future may hold for participatory budgeting and other...
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New York City Tests Digital Ballot in Participatory Budget Vote
In New York City's fourth year of participatory budgeting, five city council districts pilot a digital ballot and experimental voting interfaces designed to make "the best decision possible."