Victory in democratic systems seems straightforward: get a majority and rule unopposed. To combat the obvious dangers of this, various “checks and balances” exist which
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A Sortition Manifesto
To the people of the world, My name is Sortitia, and I am running for president of my country, Anyland. We are a small country,
Political Thought Conference Paper
Keith Sutherland and I have written a brief paper for the upcoming Political Thought Conference in January. I think we’ve reduced some complex ideas down
Proposing is a Team Sport
Bills born in a traditional legislative chamber have many mothers. They start as a proposal from a single member, but then go through a series
Sortitionists, Think Small
Democratic reform should focus on convening citizen panels on a regular basis to make small decisions. The target should be policies that are politically challenging, but conceptually simple.
Politics as Sport: the NPL (National Politics League)
In a previous post, I proposed a way to structure political parties to compete against each other to propose policy, while relying on the jurga
