We can’t agree more with the New York Coalition for Open Government — more local governments need to be streaming their meetings online.

The coalition recently released results of a survey detailing how many villages, towns and cities in the state outside New York City stream governmental meetings on websites or social media platforms. In Chautauqua County, the study found 10% of municipalities offer meeting streams — though The Post-Journal and OBSERVER found only three local governments stream their meetings — Fredonia, Dunkirk and Jamestown. That’s 8% of local governments that stream their meetings.

Outside our county, 15% of municipalities in Western New York stream their meetings online — including 33% in Erie County and only 3% in Cattaraugus County. The total statewide is 23%, or 285 of the state’s 1,240 municipalities.

Those interested in local government should be able to view their local city council, town or village board meeting on their schedule to better participate in the government they have elected. These streams don’t need to be worthy of the Academy Awards. It would be a good first step to have good enough audio and video to be able to identify board members, hear them clearly and follow along with the discussion.

Paul Wolf, coalition executive director, called for a mandate to stream meetings to the public as long as that mandate comes with additional funding and training. Wolf is absolutely correct.

Those elected to boards — from state legislators down to local school boards — are able to participate in meetings electronically if they can’t attend in person. The state should extend that consideration to the general public.

New York has passed dozens of bills aimed at increasing voter participation, including many opening voter registration up to the internet. But what good does it do to use 21st century technology to increase the number of voters while keeping local government mired in the 19th century?