Resolution criteria

The Digital Independence citizens' initiative aims to ensure that critical digital services are built on top of Finnish and European actors. The market resolves YES when the initiative reaches 50,000 valid signatures verified by the Digital and Population Data Services Agency.

Signatures must be collected within six months of the initiative's date. Resolution will be confirmed via the official Finnish citizens' initiative platform at kansalaisaloite.fi or through official verification by the Digital and Population Data Services Agency at dvv.fi.

Background

The Finnish Citizens' Initiative was introduced in 2012 to increase participatory democracy on the national level. When 50,000 citizens eligible to vote express their support to a certain initiative, the Finnish Parliament is obliged to process the initiative. The Digital Independence initiative proposes that Finland ensure basic rights of citizens, democracy and national security are not dependent on actors under the purview of governments outside the EU/EEA.

Considerations

The Digital and Population Data Services Agency recommends that organisers collect more than the minimum number of statements of support required to prevent the initiative from being rejected should some of the statements prove to be invalid. All statements of support collected electronically are checked by comparing information to the Population Information System, while statements in paper form are checked by random sampling.

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