In an op-ed published by The Mark News, members of the Vote Compass project offer their views on the potential of technology to address certain democratic deficits.

Entitled ‘Voter Turnout: Thinking Outside the (Ballot) Box,’ the op-ed speaks to ways in which new media can facilitate democratic participation, but urges readers not to think in terms of online voting alone, which “resorts to a narrow view of tackling the participatory deficit, reducing political engagement to easier access to the ballot box.”

The op-ed also engages with criticisms that were leveled against Vote Compass during the federal election campaign. [Read it here]