#DemocracyDay

Hello, 

Happy #DemocracyDay! 

This is the day in the election campaign when we try to get the media and campaigns to pay attention to the issue of a better democracy.

There’s a lot going on over on twitter via the #DemocracyDay hashtag.

We would love your help in pushing democracy onto the election agenda! 

• Message your candidates (contact details here) to ask them to pledge to support better information on democratic processes. It’s time that open data on the basics of elections, candidates, polling locations and results was produced by the state.
• Go along to a hustings in your area (they'll be listed here) to ask your candidates what they will do to support a healthy democracy.

Democracy Club is pretty cool, but relying on a tiny non-profit to provide vital digital infrastructure for democracy is not ideal. It’s time the UK invested in bringing democracy up to speed for the digital age. Once the basic open data is done, then Democracy Club can move on to the next project to make democracy better!

Let us know how you get on — we'll be following this up with the next parliament! 

With thanks,

Joe and the team