Category Archives: legislature

Vote for sortition at the Looking at Democracy contest

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Common Lot Sortitionist

Please vote for one of my entries to the Looking at Democracy contest Click to see: Towards a Two-Legged Democracy Making Democracy Real – The argument for legislative juries Making Democracy Reality Each is near the 3-minute maximum allowed by … Continue reading →

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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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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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One of the impe…

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Common Lot Sortitionist

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 →

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Statistical accuracy in using sortition for a Citizen Legislature

Posted on September 29, 2011 by Common Lot Sortitionist

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 →

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“The Common Lot: Take Off” — a novel about a Citizen Legislature through sortition

Posted on August 14, 2011 by Common Lot Sortitionist

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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