e-petitioner

e-Petitioner is an online petition system that allows citizens to raise and sign a petition, read background information on the issue, and add comments to an online forum associated with each petition. It is characterised by its integration into the processes of representative democracy.

There are 3 groups of actors in the e-petition:

1. people who want to raise petitions (petitioners)
2. people who support particular petition issues (signatories)
3. the body to which the petitions are addressed: e.g. parliament, government, local authority. In the e-petitioner system, this body has overall responsibility for the system, including its administration.

e-Petitioner includes administration tools that are tailored to integrate with the parliament or authority’s preferred means of processing petitions.

More details can be found on wikipedia.

ITC's e-Petitioner system is currently running in two locations:

• More information about e-Petitioning for the Scottish Parliament.
  The Scottish Parliament e-Petitioner website.
• More information about KCLSU ePetitioner : King’s College London Students Union ePetitioner
  The KCLSU e-Petitioner system

More information about past projects:

• More information about e-Petitioning for the German Bundestag.
  The German Bundestag e-Petitioner website.
• More information about e-Petitioner for English Local Authorities.
  Bristol City Council e-Petitioner.
  Royal Borough of Kingston e-Petitions.

Many of the ideas developed for e-petitioner are have been incorporated into the current EuroPetition project which has its homepage here.

For more information on e-petitioner contact itc@napier.ac.uk