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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 →

Posted in democracy, legislature, proportional representation, sortition | Tagged Congress, House_of_Representatives, Looking_at_Democracy | Leave a comment

Why random selection of legislators is necessary for true representative democracy

Posted on April 28, 2011 by Common Lot Sortitionist
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Athenian_democracy, Citizen_Legislature, Congress, democracy, elections, government_by_the_people, House of Representatives, jury_system, legislative_jury, lottery, political_campaigns, proportional representation, randomness, random_selection, sortition, voting | Leave a comment
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