Category Archives: corruption

Why Elections are the Problem and How to Make Democracy Real

Posted on May 9, 2012 by Common Lot Sortitionist

I hope you will purchase my just-published essay “Why Elections are the Problem and How to Make Democracy Real”. Or cut & paste: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0081H7JVC The essay begins with a short review of how and why elections inherently produce legislatures which … Continue reading →

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Right-wing conservative proposal to use sortition

Posted on February 24, 2012 by Common Lot Sortitionist

Coming from the right-wing in Texas, interesting to see they suggest using sortition to select a ‘super grand jury’ for the sake of, possibly, resisting federal enforcement of what any citizen might want to declare as unconstitutional. http://tenthamendmentcenter.com/legislation/10th-amendment-commission/comment-page-1/ In the … Continue reading →

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Posted on February 24, 2012 by Common Lot Sortitionist

One of the concerns expressed about a legislature that is “BY” the people is that ‘the people’ would easily be corrupted and bribed. I don’t think the statistics have changed that much since this 2007 article. http://harpers.org/archive/2007/09/hbc-90001300 Using sortition to … Continue reading →

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