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For a long time, Hamburg was the only German state where a mini-public had never been held. That changed in 2026. #CitizensAssembly
Flensburg is the first local authority in Schleswig-Holstein to hold a Citizens’ Jury followed by a local referendum. On 30 May 2026, the mini-public adopted 29 recommendations on the future of transport in the Baltic Sea city. #CitizensAssembly
The city of Brussels successfully used random selection to solve a mediaeval crisis – and could do so again. Great read from @hughpope.bsky.social www.linkedin.com/pulse/sortit... #CitizensAssembly
New on our website, “Culver City Holds Civic Assembly on Public Budget Participation” Check it out www.publicdemocracyla.org/post/culver-... #sortition #deliberativedemocracy #citizensassembly #lottocracy
New on our website, “Culver City Holds Civic Assembly on Public Budget Participation” Check it out www.publicdemocracyla.org/post/culver-... #sortition #deliberativedemocracy #citizensassembly #lottocracy
Wayne Liebman @wayneliebman.bsky.social , founder of Public Access Democracy in LA, explains citizens’ assemblies and why they “need to be an arrow in democracies’ quiver.” theurbanactivist.com/governance/c... #sortition #civicassemblies #deliberativedemocracy #lottocracy #democraticlottery
Wayne Liebman @wayneliebman.bsky.social , founder of Public Access Democracy in LA, explains citizens’ assemblies and why they “need to be an arrow in democracies’ quiver.” theurbanactivist.com/governance/c... #sortition #civicassemblies #deliberativedemocracy #lottocracy #democraticlottery
The Goldman School of Public Policy is convening a civic assembly in the city of Oakland during Fall 2026. This will be the first large-scale assembly in a major metro area in California. Read about it here gspp.berkeley.edu/research-and... #sortition #citizensassmblies #deliberativedemocracy
In a new post on Equality by Lot, Yoram Gat considers the ideological structure that is associated with the idea of the deliberative transformation. Read "The ideology behind the notion of the deliberative transformation" here: equalitybylot.com/2026/06/04/t... #sortition #deliberativedemocracy
This article from 2020 makes the case for sortition. "By eliminating career politicians, sortition simultaneously curtails corruption and increases representation." #citizensassemblies #civicassemblies #democraticreform #deliberativedemocracy Read more here harvardpolitics.com/sortition-in...
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Flensburg is the first local authority in Schleswig-Holstein to hold a Citizens’ Jury followed by a local referendum. On 30 May 2026, the mini-public adopted 29 recommendations on the future of transp...
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Citizens’ jury with referendum in Flensburg
The city successfully used random selection to solve a mediaeval crisis – and could do so again Sortition – the random selection of groups of people to study, deliberate and decide on a disputed topic...
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Sortition goes back further in Brussels than many people think
For a long time, Hamburg was the only German state where a mini-public had never been held. That changed in 2026.
www.mehr-demokratie.de
First mini-public in Hamburg
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The Oakland Civic Assembly | Our Work | Democracy Policy Initiative | Policy Initiatives | Research and Impact | Goldman School of Public Policy | University of California, Berkeley
In a previous post I discussed the “deliberative transformation”, a favorite trope within the theory of “deliberative democracy”. I pointed out that whereas the deliberative democrats s…
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The ideology behind the notion of the deliberative transformation
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As a result of many months of advocacy by PDLA, Culver City City Council authorized a civic assembly on how to involve the public in the budgeting process. We are proud that our work with Culver City ...
Culver City Holds Civic Assembly on Public Budget Participation
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As a result of many months of advocacy by PDLA, Culver City City Council authorized a civic assembly on how to involve the public in the budgeting process. We are proud that our work with Culver City ...
Culver City Holds Civic Assembly on Public Budget Participation
Wayne Liebman, founder of Public Access Democracy in LA, explains citizens’ assemblies and why they "need to be an arrow in democracies’ quiver.”
theurbanactivist.com
Citizens' assemblies could be the art of the possible | The Urban Activist
Wayne Liebman, founder of Public Access Democracy in LA, explains citizens’ assemblies and why they "need to be an arrow in democracies’ quiver.”
theurbanactivist.com
Citizens' assemblies could be the art of the possible | The Urban Activist
harvardpolitics.com
An ideal American democracy is not beholden to moneyed interests before the people it serves. It dismantles unjust and undemocratic systems. Sortition is not perfect, but it is far closer to this idea...
The Case for Sortition in America - Harvard Political Review