Mexico City is using the internet to allow residents to take part in democracy. The city is asking more than 9 million residents to help draft the new constitution through social media.
This type of citizen involvement in the drafting of a constitution is unprecedented in Mexico, and probably in the world. Residents are able to propose issues for the constitution on Change.org, and if a proposal received 10,000 signatures, the writer will be invited to make their case to lawmakers in person.
Citizens are also given an opportunity to suggest amendments to proposals via PubPub, an online . . .
