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Teledemocracy by Ytterstad, Akselsen, Svendsen, and Watson
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Notes

  1. The percentage of politicians re-elected for Norwegian municipal councils has been 36, 36, 36, and 37 percent for the last four elections (1979, 1983, 1987, and 1991) (Larsen and Offerdal, 1994: p 83).
  2. In this article, the term issue is also used for the individual cases handled in the local political system.
  3. In Norway, the Mayor is a politician, elected by and serving as chairman of the local council.
  4. Hours spent in formal meetings are not included. These are roughly four hours per month.
  5. The mailbox symbols shown are based on the Scandinavian design of mailboxes.

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