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ManaBalss.lv	B-Application
(	O
literally	O
My	O
Voice	O
in	O
English	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
civic	O
organization	O
based	O
in	O
Latvia	O
and	O
launched	O
in	O
June	O
2011	O
to	O
provide	O
a	O
possibility	O
for	O
the	O
citizens	O
of	O
Latvia	O
to	O
promote	O
their	O
initiatives	O
and	O
gain	O
support	O
for	O
these	O
initiatives	O
for	O
further	O
submission	O
to	O
Saeima	O
-	O
national	O
parliament	O
of	O
Latvia	O
.	O
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Activities	O
of	O
ManaBalss.lv	B-Application
are	O
characterised	O
by	O
very	O
good	O
rate	O
of	O
success	O
:	O
approximately	O
half	O
of	O
the	O
public	O
initiatives	O
are	O
either	O
supported	O
by	O
Saeima	O
or	O
are	O
in	O
the	O
process	O
of	O
review	O
.	O
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ManaBalss.lv	B-Application
was	O
created	O
in	O
the	O
late	O
2010	O
-	O
early	O
2011	O
by	O
social	O
activists	O
Kristofs	O
Blaus	O
and	O
Jānis	O
Erts	O
as	O
a	O
response	O
to	O
the	O
mismanagement	O
of	O
the	O
governance	O
in	O
the	O
country	O
which	O
led	O
to	O
the	O
2008	O
Latvian	O
financial	O
crisis	O
.	O
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According	O
to	O
data	O
published	O
by	O
ManaBalss.lv,	O
since	O
2011	O
,	O
from	O
the	O
38	O
initiatives	O
reaching	O
the	O
decision	O
-	O
a	O
final	O
vote	O
in	O
the	O
legislator	O
,	O
31	O
have	O
been	O
approved	O
and	O
have	O
changed	O
laws	O
or	O
normative	O
acts	O
.	O
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ManaBalss.lv	B-Application
is	O
considered	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
successful	O
case	O
of	O
internet	O
activism	O
where	O
online	O
petitioning	O
and	O
well-organised	O
lobbying	O
activities	O
can	O
help	O
in	O
the	O
democratization	O
of	O
society	O
and	O
country	O
.	O
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<s>
According	O
to	O
ManaBalss.lv	B-Application
it	O
is	O
the	O
most	O
successful	O
national	O
citizen	O
legislative	O
initiatives	O
 '	O
platform	O
in	O
the	O
world	O
.	O
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Major	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
activities	O
of	O
ManaBalss.lv	B-Application
are	O
financed	O
by	O
the	O
donations	O
of	O
individual	O
users	O
,	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
financing	O
is	O
attracted	O
as	O
local	O
and	O
international	O
grants	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
comparatively	O
small	O
donations	O
from	O
organizations	O
.	O
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After	O
the	O
initiative	O
is	O
approved	O
by	O
ManaBalss.lv	B-Application
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should	O
collect	O
10	O
000	O
supporters	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
be	O
submitted	O
to	O
Saeima	O
.	O
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