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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.

View this short (4’40”) interview with Professor Donald Kraybill on how and why the Amish have used sortition for several hundred years.

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 →

For years, American citizens across the political spectrum have cried out for change in Washington, and for years nothing has really changed about the way governments have operated. Our elected officials are ever more beholden to special interests and pockets … Continue reading →

The Mission The Common Lot promotes democracy around the globe by advocating the use of demarchy for electing governing representatives. The Vision The vision is, in some ways, the more important part of the process. It must describe in relative … Continue reading →