The folks at Personal Democracy Forum do it again. They are fantastic at taking crowdsourcing practices and principles, applying them to subjects that people are passionate about (politics) finding that community and empowering them.

From "Rebooting America"

Tell us your great idea to reinvent democracy in America (and maybe win a free pass to this year's Personal Democracy Forum)

At the 5th Annual Personal Democracy Forum this June we will be publishing "Rebooting America: Democracy in the 21st Century," an anthology of essays from leading thinkers and activists (see the complete list of invited essayists here.)  Their essays all respond to this challenge:

When the Framers met in Philadelphia in 1787, they
bravely conjured a new form of self-government. But they couldn't have imagined a mass society with instantaneous, many-to-many communications or many of the other innovations of modernity. So, replacing that quill pen with a mouse, imagine that you have to power to redesignAmerican democracy for the Internet Age. What would you do?

But the collection wouldn't be complete without reading your thoughts on this, too! Submit your essay, tell us how to make America better, stronger, more inclusive and participatory. Up to three winning essays will be included in the anthology.

Also, if you like someone's essay, vote it up, if you don't, vote it down, and we'll take your opinions into account. The book's editors, Allison Fine, Micah Sifry, Andrew Rasiej and Josh Levy, will be making the final decision.

Essays should run from 500 to 1500 words, and the deadline is May 1.

To get started, register on this site and click the "essay" link on the right.

For more information and questions, email us at rebooting AT personaldemocracy DOT com.