CONTENTS: Conceptualizing E-Democracy; E-Democracy: Putting Down Global Roots; E-Democracy: Can Blogs & Wikis Enhance the Participation of Gen Y in the Democratic Process?; Civic Hacking: A New Agenda for E-Democracy; E-Democracy: ICT for a Better Relation between the State & their Citizens; Multi-Agent Argumentation for eDemocracy; Architectural Design for a Digital Democracy Telematic Platform; E-Democracy in Flanders, Ethics of E-Voting: An Essay on Requirements & Values in Internet Elections; E-Democracy in Japan; The Future of E-Democracy: Lessons from Canada; Success Factor's of Geneva's E-Voting System; E-Voting in Brazil -- Exacerbating Alienation & the Digital Divide.