Sortition for drawing electoral districts in Michigan, for constitutional amendment vetoing in Mongolia, and this one is interesting as well: for staffing polling stations. | Onderzoek naar nut van loting van leden van stemlokalen:
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Losdemokratiepartei, the German Party for Lottocracy, listed officially #SortitionDE #Lottocracy
This upcoming fall a lottery-based EU Citizens' Assembly on democratic resilience will take place. Already now all citizens can contribute ideas and proposals online. #SortitionEU #Lottocracy
In Brussels the G1000 citizens' platform launched a petition to transform the soon-to-be-abolished Belgian Senate into a permanent Citizens’ Council advising parliament via the Ostbelgien model — needs 25,000 signatures for a hearing. #SortitionBE #Lottocracy
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"53% of French citizens support replacing the Senate with a randomly selected assembly. An absolute majority."
Wow! #SortitionFR #Lottocracy
Gary Stevenson in conversation with Marlene Engelhorn. Two years ago Ms. Engelhorn, from a wealthy family, had a group of random Austrian citizens selected to redistribute a large inheritance. #SortitionAT #Lottocracy @garyseconomics.bsky.social
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Political reporter @wilmakieskamp.bsky.social of Dutch newspaper @trouw.nl calls for implementing the proposals of the Dutch Climate Assembly, and praises lottery-based citizens' assemblies in general. #SortitionNL #Lottocracy
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The Swiss Losdemokratie association pursues a referendum for sortition at the municipal, cantonal, and federal level — complementing or replacing elections in Switzerland losdemokratie.ch #SortitionCH #Lottocracy
The citizens’ platform G1000 launched a petition on Monday to transform the Belgian Senate into a permanent citizens’ assembly. The organisation...
The free online version of Terry Bouricius's book, "Democracy Without Politicians," is now available! This book explains how electoral “democracy” is undemocratic, enshrining rule by elites rather than popular self-rule, and argues that sortition is a superior. Get it here shorturl.at/dQ1fJ
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This book explains how electoral “democracy” is inherently undemocratic—enshrining rule by elites rather than popular self-rule—and argues that sortition (the
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Im Herbst findet ein @ec.europa.eu-EU-Bürgerforum mit gelosten Teilnehmer:innen zum Thema "Demokratische Resilienz" statt. Schon jetzt kann sich jede:r online mit Ideen und Vorschlägen einbringen: citizens.ec.europa.eu/participatio... @buergerrat.bsky.social
US cities are turning to randomly selected residents to help resolve divisive policy debates
My note " #Deliberative System and #CitizensAssemblies: What Kind of #Democracy Do the French Want?" has just been published @cevipof.bsky.social. It draws on data from the DeCoDe survey & its 2,500 respondents. Two findings should be taken seriously. 🧵
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