Iceland presented a constitution written by crowdsourcing

Icelanders on Friday presented what could be an example for other governments: a constitution written by crowdsourcing.

A group of 25 citizens submitted a draft constitution to the Icelandic Parliament. 25 ordinary residents compiled a document on the Internet with the help of hundreds of volunteers. The Constitutional Council published the first draft in April on its website , and then allowed citizens to comment on it through the Facebook page . Board members are also active on Twitter, posting videos of themselves on YouTube and sharing images on Flickr.
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Iceland’s first constitution was adopted in 1944, when the country gained independence from Denmark. The economic collapse of the country in 2008 led to calls to rewrite the constitution with a system of checks and balances to prevent a recurrence of the financial crisis. Now the new draft can be submitted to a referendum without consideration by Parliament.

[ via Mashable]