[5] The thousands of ideas were organised by academics from Southampton University and fed into a deliberative poll to draw up a shortlist which would be put to the public vote.
On the weekend of 9–10 January 2010, a scientific sample of 130 citizens from across the UK, selected by YouGov to be representative of the population as a whole gathered in London for a two-day deliberative event.
The public vote on the 29 ideas shortlisted by the Deliberative Poll began on 18 January and lasted five weeks until 22 February.
[7] Following 22 February Power2010 have begun a grass roots campaign requesting members of the public to sign a petition to back to power pledge.
The aim was for as many people as possible to sign the Pledge and then take it to the candidates in their constituency, by writing to them, calling them, and attending local hustings, public meetings and MPs' surgeries.
Ideally, every candidate standing in the UK 2010 General Election should make a public commitment to clean up and reform British politics.
In March 2010, Power 2010 ran a full page ad in The Guardian targeting 6 MPs that it claimed were "failing our democracy" for being most against parliamentary reform.