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Author Archives: Common Lot Sortitionist
Support advocacy for a “Government BY the People”
We are not ‘non-profit’ … so there is no offer of tax deduction. Continue reading
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Categorizing Activities
People at any given moment can be divided into the front line and everyone else. We must have activities to support both. Some ideas for the front lines: Pass out materialsConversational Outings (where people aggressively seek to engage people in … Continue reading
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DVD on Athens, including info on sortition
I found this PBS documentary enlightening. From my understanding of the classical Athenian political system, this presentation overplays the role of elections and underplays the role of sortition. [Obtained through Netflix.] Athens: The Dawn of Democracy 2007 NR 120 minutes … Continue reading
Then and Now and What’s Ahead
Then and Now and What’s AheadAn “Un-Common” InterviewWith Sortitionist David GrantbyA Younger ManDecember 2030Now that the Citizen Chamber has completed the second year of its allotted trialperiod of twelve, one of the initial instigators of the sortitional method – what … Continue reading
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Then and Now and What’s Ahead: An “Un-Common” Interview in the year 2030
Just posted to the website of Common Lot Productions: Whimsically provocative interview from the future. A look back and a look forward from the perspective of the year 2030 when sortitional selection of a Citizen Chamber in the U.S. Congress … Continue reading
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The question is: How to support lobbyists for “Government By the People”?
I’ve added FAQs to http://www.TheCommonLot.com … which, in my humble opinion, unassailably make the case for sortition as the means to establish a ‘government BY the people’. (It can be said that we already have a government ‘of’ the people … Continue reading
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What are the philosophical antecedants for a sortitionally-chosen legislature?
Antecedents go back at least to the first democrats of Athens who wished, by using the lot, to avoid factional domination. Here are a few others to begin with: “…We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are … Continue reading
When and where has proportional representation been instituted?
The definition of ‘proportional representation’ is contested. Variants include Mixed-member, Partly-list, Single transferable vote, Cumulative voting and others. None of these are intended to extend to a random selection of citizens in order to select a representative sample of the … Continue reading
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When and where has sortitional selection been used?
Sortitional selection was a central and defining feature of the first Athenian democracy. It was used to select both legislative and administrative functions. There were also a small number of meritocratic elective offices, particularly for the military and the treasury. … Continue reading
What about ‘the lot’ next door?
If you are concerned about your neighbor’s lot (yard, home, acreage … not, that is, his or her well-being) see http://www.seeclickfix.com/
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