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Tag Archives: sortition
Bugling for Sortitional Selection
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Tagged democratic lottery, election, random seletion, sortition
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Videos from Common Lot Productions
“Making Democracy Real — The argument for sortition (3 minutes)
(text) Sortition and Unarmed Peacekeeping as Steps to Abolish War
Steps to Abolish War: Unarmed Peacekeeping and a Two-Legged Democracy
Steps Toward Abolishing War: Unarmed Civilian Peacekeeping and a Two-Legged Democracy (no intro)
Abolition of slavery was once unthinkable. Nonviolent methods are now proven effective. A statistically-representative legislature is not impossible. War can be made unthinkable. This version has no introduction.
Steps Toward Abolishing War: Unarmed Civilian Peacekeeping and a Two-Legged Democracy
Abolition of slavery was once unthinkable. Nonviolent methods are now proven effective. A statistically-representative legislature is not impossible. War can be made unthinkable. This version includes a three-minute introduction.
“Looking at Democracy” contest overlooks sortition
The “Looking at Democracy” contest chose its winners last week. You can view them by clicking here. Unfortunately none of my three video entries promoting sortition (http://bit.ly/12cm9KW, http://bit.ly/107tsEP, http://bit.ly/10kD782) were chosen. It seems the judges steered away from any proposals for fundamental or structural … Continue reading
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Why Elections are the Problem and How to Make Democracy Real
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
Wikimania proposal: Why Elections Are The Problem and How to Make Democracy Real
For those of you who use Wikipedia, notice that ‘Wikimania’ will be in Washington 12-15 July. I have just proposed a presentation: “Why Elections Are the Problem and How To Make Democracy Real”. IF YOU ARE GOING or KNOW ANYONE … Continue reading
Statistical accuracy in using sortition for a Citizen Legislature
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
What is the statistical probability that sortition will result in an accurate proportional representation?
(thanks to Yoram Gat, statistician) Margin of error is not exactly the right term. ‘Margin of error’ is used when using a proportion in a sample to estimate the proportion in the population. In our case the proportion in the … Continue reading
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