E-mail addresses or mailtos or surveys are often incorporated into a government's website. You can foster citizen intercommunication by allowing citizens to discuss public issues online. Chat rooms are one means of communication where a moderator and public official participate at scheduled times and discuss predetermined topics with citizens. You could also allow citizens' comments to be automatically posted to the website. Some editing may be necessary to ensure that these comments are appropriate.
Citizens currently provide input on public decisions through town hall meetings.
You could extend this concept of the town hall meeting to the Internet. Government officials could solicit responses from citizens through surveys, questions or polls posted online. The ultimate aim of digital democracy is to have online voting . Very few governments have implemented online voting as it involves a number of issues including security, authentication, etc. Online voting, however, does help to address voter turnout and polling place accessibility issues.