e-Democracy In the digital age, one of the few remaining fields where technology had limited impact is in the realm of politics. Yet, new innovations take place across the world on a daily basis. These technologies are aimed at increasing government transparency, facilitating local initiatives, empowering citizens and ultimately reshape the balance of power between politicians, public servants and citizens. M:OED believes that the role and place of a citizen in current the democratic system needs to be updated where needed and upgraded where possible. The following motion calls upon the Municipality to integrate digital democracy in their action plan for social innovation, to result in new experiments to be conducted by 2020. After a constructive debate, we received support of PvdA Maastricht, Partij Veilig Maastricht and D66 Maastricht who agreed to co-sponsor this bill, endorsed by Alderwoman Heijnen and was overwhelmingly passed by the Council with 31 votes in favor and 4 votes against. Be sure to read the study by the Dutch Ministry of Internal Affairs which the motion refers to: https://e-dem.nl