{"id":7515,"date":"2011-09-26T11:44:13","date_gmt":"2011-09-26T15:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.delvinia.com\/?p=7515"},"modified":"2020-02-11T10:18:02","modified_gmt":"2020-02-11T15:18:02","slug":"delvinia-releases-dig-report-on-edemocracy-and-citizen-engagement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.delvinia.com\/delvinia-releases-dig-report-on-edemocracy-and-citizen-engagement\/","title":{"rendered":"Delvinia Releases DIG Report on eDemocracy and Citizen Engagement"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Delvinia has announced the release of its latest DIG report, \u201ceDemocracy and Citizen Engagement: The Delvinia Report on Internet Voting in the Town of Markham.\u201d<\/p>\n

This groundbreaking study\u2014based on Delvinia\u2019s involvement in three consecutive elections\u2014provides a comprehensive review of Canadian attitudes toward Internet voting in Canada, demonstrates how Canadians are embracing digital technologies to interact with government and illustrates why the Town of Markham<\/a> is the ideal pilot site for Internet voting in future federal and provincial elections.<\/p>\n

\u201cGiven the proliferation of digital technologies, governments are realizing that eDemocracy is about more than simply offering citizens a means to transact or obtain public service information. The future of eDemocracy is about listening to citizens and becoming part of the conversation,\u201d said Delvinia CEO Adam Froman<\/a>. \u201cSimilar to the business world, the idea of creating meaningful and relevant customer experiences has reached government. Governments need to accelerate their efforts to understand the attitudes and behaviours of their electorate towards digital experiences such as Internet voting.\u201d<\/p>\n

In 2010, with the support of Ryerson University<\/a>, Delvinia secured an Engage Grant from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) to commission Nicole Goodman<\/a>, a PhD candidate specializing in Canadian political institutions and alternative voting methods, to provide a scholarly perspective on the data collected following the 2010 election as well as a comparison to the data Delvinia collected in the 2003 and 2006 elections.<\/p>\n

The resulting report provides an independent analysis of the impact of digital technologies on citizen engagement in an election. A special contribution by Environics Analytics<\/a> using their PRIZMC2<\/sub><\/strong> segmentation also allowed for some additional explanatory insight into the attitudes and demographic characteristics of online voters.<\/p>\n

\u201cDelvinia is the only organization in Canada that has collected data from three consecutive municipal elections where Internet voting was offered as an option,\u201d Froman said, adding, \u201cThis report clearly demonstrates the positive impact that digital technologies, including Internet voting, can have on citizen engagement.\u201d<\/p>\n

Key findings from the DIG report include:<\/p>\n