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Author Archives: Common Lot Sortitionist
What is the first major obstacle to realizing sortitionally-chosen proportional representation?
Remembering what Mohandas Gandhi said: “First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.”Those who have most to lose from an equitable and legitimate decision-making process will not want to consider fundamental change. … Continue reading
Why .com and not .org?
I have worked or volunteered most of my life in the non-profit or non-governmental sector — from public television to Peace Corps to soup kitchen to National Forest to community organizing to unarmed protection of civilians. I’ve never been a … Continue reading
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Tagged organization, ownership, Sole proprietorship
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Common Lot Productions creates print and video materials which educate about, and advocate for, the next step for democracy. Policy-making bodies, from local to national, should be composed of willing and able citizens proportional to the population they serve. The … Continue reading
What can you do to realize this next step for democracy?
Attention to the sortitional selection of decision-making bodies is increasing through publications and online forums. You can join our efforts in this in several ways: Supporting Common Lot Productions. We sell DVDs and are available for presentations. We do not … Continue reading
What are the downsides of electoral balloting?
First of all, of course the ballot is preferred to the bullet. The ballot however requires a certain type of person to put him- or herself up for candidacy. Such a person is necessarily of a particular psychological profile. That … Continue reading
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Tagged ballot, balloting, competition, contest, elections, media, money, psychological profile
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The Common Lot: Part 1
Watch “The Common Lot: Part 1”– a 30-minute video using docu-drama, expert testimony and random interviews to investigate the pros and cons of using sortition to choose the legislative branch.
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Interview with Professor Donald Kraybill
View this short (4’40”) interview with Professor Donald Kraybill on how and why the Amish have used sortition for several hundred years.
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The Common Lot: Next Step for Democracy
The Common Lot: Next Step for Democracy, the most recent film by Common Lot Productions, is a video essay that interrogates the concept of democracy of, by, and for the people. It asks the seminal question for political reform in … Continue reading
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Should sortitional selection be used for the executive and judicial branches also?
No, definitely not. The executive and judicial branches must be chosen meritocratically, based on skills. The executive is charged to carry out the will expressed by the legislature and therefore requires management expertise.Similarly, judicial appointments require extensive training in the … Continue reading
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