Sortition - Wikipedia In governance, sortition is the selection of public officials or jurors at random, i e , by lottery, in order to obtain a representative sample [1][2][3]
Sortition Foundation We promote and institute sortition in empowered assemblies, and envision a world free from partisan politicking, where a representative random sample of everyday people make decisions in an informed, deliberative and fair environment
The Case for Sortition in America - Harvard Political Review In simplest terms, sortition means appointment by lottery In America, sortition would mean replacing Congress with assemblies made up of randomly chosen American citizens; elected representatives are entirely eliminated
Sortition | Random Selection, Democracy Citizen Participation . . . Sortition, election by lot, a method of choosing public officials in some ancient Greek city-states It was used especially in the Athenian democracy, from which most information about the practice is derived
Sortition Can Help Cure What Ails Our Democracy - Jacobin This was democracy Later I learned that random selection, known as “sortition,” was practiced in many regimes for centuries — Ancient Greece most prominently The Athenians used lotteries to fill almost all of their governing institutions
Sortition USA (Formerly Democracy Without Elections) Sortition USA (Formerly Democracy without Elections) is a member-run 501c3 nonprofit that promotes the use of democratic lotteries In a democratic lottery, legislatures or groups of leaders are selected by lottery from the common people
SORTITION | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary Officers were elected by sortition, a kind of lottery whereby the offices were divided among the qualified Appointing committee members by sortition would be more representative The new system for choosing town leaders was based on a lottery system, also known as sortition