An attempt of cyberdemocracy in Spain: the participatory portal "Decide Madrid" of the Madrid City Council
Abstract
In February 2017, the first cyber-ballots of a binding nature were registered in Madrid, that is, those in which the neighbors made binding decisions for the city council. They chose the design that will have the new Plaza de España, one of the most emblematic of the city, and agreed to the creation of a single transport ticket that would allow changing media without paying again for ninety minutes. This was channeled through the portal "Decide Madrid" (https://decide.madrid.es/). The person in charge of that space affirms that the new technologies allow to transfer to the represented ones a quota of the power of the representatives. However, the Madrid promise already shows its first limitations: the creation of the single ticket exceeds the responsibility of the Madrid City Council and involves another institution, the Community of Madrid, which is not obliged to execute the citizens' decision.
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