Icelanders back first ‘crowdsourced constitution’

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Series Details 22.10.12
Publication Date 22/10/2012
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EurActiv reported that Iceland residents voted overwhelmingly on the 19 October 2012 in favour of a new Constitution written by a Constitutional Council of 25 citizens who gathered feedback through social media.

Source Link Link to Main Source http://www.euractiv.com/enlargement/icelanders-opens-way-crowdsource-news-515543
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ESO: Background information: Iceland votes for citizen assembly to draft new constitution http://www.europeansources.info/record/iceland-votes-for-citizen-assembly-to-draft-new-constitution/
Wikipedia: Icelandic Constitutional Assembly election, 2010 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandic_Constitutional_Assembly_election,_2010
The Guardian, 9.6.11: Mob rule: Iceland crowdsources its next constitution http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jun/09/iceland-crowdsourcing-constitution-facebook
The Journal.ie, 21.10.12: Iceland: Voters back ‘crowd-sourced constitution’ in referendums http://www.thejournal.ie/iceland-referendum-constitutional-council-644482-Oct2012/
Deutsche Welle, 19.03.2013: Iceland's grassroots constitution on thin ice http://dw.de/p/17zs5
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