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Author Archives: Common Lot Sortitionist
One of the impe…
One of the impediments to instituting sortitional selection is, I believe, the *dispassionate* nature of the proposal. It is such a rational and egalitarian idea that I don’t see it igniting the fire of emotional conviction that seems to accompany … Continue reading
Statistical accuracy in using sortition for a Citizen Legislature
You can find lots of FAQs about sortitional selection on the Common Lot website. Here’s one you’ll find this most recent entry (below) at https://thecommonlot.com/node/56 Question: What is the statistical probability that sortition (random selection) will result in an accurate … Continue reading
What is the statistical probability that sortition will result in an accurate proportional representation?
(thanks to Yoram Gat, statistician) Margin of error is not exactly the right term. ‘Margin of error’ is used when using a proportion in a sample to estimate the proportion in the population. In our case the proportion in the … Continue reading
List of Goods & Services offered by Common Lot Productions: sortition for a Citizen Legislature
Just posted a new list of goods and services from Common Lot Productions Click to access Items_offered_by_CLP_0.pdf Interest in the use of sortition continues to grow. Help make it happen by supporting our efforts.
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The question is: How to support lobbyists for “Government By the People”?
In my previous blog I talked about how to support advocates (the nice word for lobbyists) for a government by the people. Here’s the link to that bloghttps://commonlot.wordpress.com/author/commonlot/
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Political use of sortition from Wikipedia
Examples from ancient to modern excerpted from Wikipedia (September 2011) From Wikipedia ‘sortition’: Examples Historical The Athenian democracy made much use of sortition, with nearly all government offices filled by lottery rather than by election. The Doge of Venice was … Continue reading
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List from Conall Boyle
A list of many different uses of allotment from ancient times until present. Not only about the political use of allotment.
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Reading list from Terry Bouricius:
Here is my reading list. I haven’t read all of them yet, but most of them. Manin’s book is good…primarily the historic underpinnings of the American choice in the Constitution of election instead of sortition.· Sortition: Theory and Practice, edited … Continue reading
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“The Common Lot: Take Off” — a novel about a Citizen Legislature through sortition
I have just completed a novel based on a Citizen Legislature selected by sortition. It is provisionally titled “The Common Lot: Take Off”. I have posted the first three chapters on website http://www.TheCommonLot.com. This is an excision, re-write and update … Continue reading
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