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From Dark Money to Digital Petitions: Reclaiming Government With Tech | MapLight.org
From Dark Money to Digital Petitions: Reclaiming Government With Tech | MapLight.org
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Length:
33 minutes
Released:
Aug 31, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Daniel Newman, president and co-founder of MapLight, joins to discuss how their technology improves government transparency and direct democracy. MapLight builds software for state and local governments to provide easy public access to campaign finance data, e-signatures for petitions, and other services. Their goal is to counter the undue influence of money in politics by empowering citizens and journalists to hold officials accountable. Newman argues digital petitions could enable more grassroots, people-powered ballot initiatives. However, institutional resistance and polarization often block reforms, even those that would help voters across the political spectrum. Newman wrote the book Un-Rigged to explain major democracy reform issues in an accessible, solutions-oriented way.
Links:
Maplight.org
Un-Rigged Book
Daniel on LinkedIn
Links:
Maplight.org
Un-Rigged Book
Daniel on LinkedIn
Released:
Aug 31, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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