Measure

Measuring needs and preferences

Finding out how many citizens have which needs, and what their preferences are between alternative options (e.g. through surveys, opinion polls, preferenda).

• Online petitioning

• • online petition or e-Petition allows you to support a petition by adding your name and address online. Information about the subject is also provided, to put the petition in context and help you decide whether to sign.

• • <a href="http://www.bristol-city.gov.uk/item/epetition.html" target="_self">Bristol City Council e-petitioning</a>

• E-polling/E-voting

• • voting software: <a href="http://www.deborda.org/cdrom/cd1.html" target="_self">Deborda</a>

• • wireless voting system: <a href="http://www.xtol.co.uk/demo.html" target="_self">Xtol</a>, <a href="http://www.turningtechnologies.com/" target="_blank">vPad</a>

• • SMS voting

• Online surveys

• • an online survey is designed to replace traditional paper questionnaires.

• • <a href="http://ecrp.mgt.qub.ac.uk/phpsurveyor/index.php?sid=5" target="_blank">Survey example 1: mobile phone Internet service</a>, <a href="http://ecrp.mgt.qub.ac.uk/phpsurveyor/index.php?sid=1" target="_blank">example 2: various types of survey questions</a>

• • <a href="http://ecrp.mgt.qub.ac.uk/phpsurveyor/admin/admin.php" target="_self">creating your own online survey</a>