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About Common Lot Sortitionist

Former public television producer-director, glad to see that my interest in sortition is finding other proponents. Currently groping for what My Next Big Thing will be.

How would sortition work to choose legislative representatives?

Posted on January 28, 2010 by Common Lot Sortitionist

“The Common Lot: Next Step for Democracy” advocates that sortition (random selection) be used to select among qualified citizens who are willing to serve in the legislature. In order to be entered into the pool for random selection a citizen … Continue reading →

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What is sortition?

Posted on January 28, 2010 by Common Lot Sortitionist

‘Sortition’ means ‘choice by lot; random selection’. Random selection in a large population will automatically produce, with small deviations, a proportional representation of that population. This is ‘automatic’ because of probability theorem: ‘The Law of Large Numbers’. A random selection … Continue reading →

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The Common Lot: Home

Posted on January 22, 2010 by Common Lot Sortitionist

For years, American citizens across the political spectrum have cried out for change in Washington, and for years nothing has really changed about the way governments have operated. Our elected officials are ever more beholden to special interests and pockets … Continue reading →

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Mission Statement

Posted on March 10, 2008 by Common Lot Sortitionist

The Mission The Common Lot promotes democracy around the globe by advocating the use of demarchy for electing governing representatives. The Vision The vision is, in some ways, the more important part of the process. It must describe in relative … Continue reading →

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