The Blockchain Voting Movement Hits Chicago

The Democracy Earth Foundation launches it's Chicago branch of the movement, "ChiDEF," with Hannah Wolfman-Jones leading the charge to spread blockchain voting and liquid democracy.

More about the movement can be found at democracy.earth. Below is a summary of ongoing ChiDEF activities and info about how to get involved.

1: Upcoming Presentations and Events

If you know of a group or event that ChiDEF could host a booth or speak at contact hannah@democracy.earth.

1. April 27 Blockchain Conference Chicago

Hannah Wolfman-Jones will be doing a 5-minute pitch covering Democracy Earth's mission, the VOTE coin ICO, and other ways to get involved. The pitch will be during the 11:30 company intro block. https://www.blockchain-chicago.com/home

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2. May 7 Blockchain for Social Good Chicago Meetup

Hannah Wolfman-Jones will be doing a 45 or so minute presentation on Democracy Earth to the BSGC meetup group (https://www.meetup.com/Blockchain-for-Social-Good-Chicago) on May 7 at 6pm. Free and open to the public (reply “yes” on meetup.com to get in).

3. May 8 The Garage

Herb Stephens to present at Northwestern startup incubator ("the Garage") meeting. Northwestern students and faculty only. 5 pm.

4. August 23 Voice of Blockchain

Navy Pier. Speaking details forthcoming.

2: The Democratic Republic of the Internet (The D.R. Net) Book and Decentralized Governance Experiment

The D.R. Net book will be a compendium of thoughts from some of the great original thinkers of our time on democracy in the Age of the Internet. It will discuss the ideas behind Democracy Earth along with related movements and ideas. The D.R. Net will be a self perpetuating entity governed in a decentralized manner under the ideals of freedom in technology and participatory democracy. The D.R. Net seeks to be democratically governed using Sovereign's liquid democracy with Ethereum smart contracts automating profit sharing and decentralized arbitration. Or whatever We The People of The Democratic Republic of the Internet (or, errr this book) decide.

Hannah Wolfman-Jones is working on the first draft to be freely released on github for collaboration. Contributions in the form of content, promotion, and sales will be monetarily rewarded. Contact hannah@democracy.earth with comments or questions.

3: University Ambassadors Program

1. Robbie Markus is starting the Northwestern University Democracy Earth student movement.

2. Are you a student? Start a Democracy Earth University Ambassador program on your college campus! Student ambassadors are already spreading the movement at Northwestern, Harvard, Yale, Berkeley, and University of Virginia. More info: https://github.com/DemocracyEarth/ambassadors

3. Currently developing training program for potential ambassadors at other Universities.

4: Nathan Altman’s Campaign for U.S. Senate

Nathan Altman is running as an independent for a senate seat in Indiana. He will champion liquid democracy and blockchain voting in Congress. As an independent candidate, the campaign must amass more than 26,000 verified signatures from registered voters to be included on the ballot, and petition efforts are underway. Fundraising, obtaining ballot signatures, and raising awareness of the campaign and liquid democracy are all needed.

In Altman’s own words: “It is time to rethink how we engage in our democracy, and ensure that voters have a real, tangible voice in the decisions facing our nation. As community leaders, our relationships with constituents cannot be overstated - we work for them. Investing in our democratic system to ensure elected officials listen and gather input from people of all political perspectives before making decisions should be the norm. I will be a champion of this approach.”

For more information, visit www.Altman.com, follow him on Twitter or Instagram, or engage on Facebook.