The idea of Crowdsourcing and the power of the crowd are becoming more prevalent in today's society. From group shopping on Amazon (for the record this is a really cool promo) to sports management in Europe (They just agreed to buy a team) we are getting to see this in action.
It now seems that the crowdsourcing concept has moved to the political arena in Australia with the launch of a online community based political party called Senator On-Line.
The party's goal is to be completely run by voters through their input facilitated by ongoing online polling. It is an interesting concept that could have an impact on how we interact with our governments formulation of policy. I'm sure we would all like a greater voice and this may be one way to promote political interaction. I've embedded a video from the party that provides an overview of what they are trying to achieve. The other side, and there is always one, is that you are limiting input to those who have access and the ability to use the internet.
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