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As reported by Eric Bodenstab on X: Fort Collins Mayor reflects on Civic Assembly Success. #GetLucky #SortitionUS #LottocracyUS
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Fort Collins Mayor reflects on Civic Assembly Success
YouTube video by The American Public Trust
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November 20, 2025 at 5:55 PM
As reported by Eric Bodenstab on X: Fort Collins Mayor reflects on Civic Assembly Success. #GetLucky #SortitionUS #LottocracyUS
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Over the weekend, 150 citizens came together to share ideas on how we can build a better future for Europe.
Here are some of their recommendations ⬇️
Here are some of their recommendations ⬇️
November 19, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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Political parties are transforming judicial appointments into partisan weapons, actively eroding long-standing democratic safeguards. With courts becoming ideologically predictable and systems easily manipulated, basic democratic norms are increasingly at risk.
November 19, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Political parties are transforming judicial appointments into partisan weapons, actively eroding long-standing democratic safeguards. With courts becoming ideologically predictable and systems easily manipulated, basic democratic norms are increasingly at risk.
Today in the left-of-center @volkskrant.nl — one of the leading Dutch newspapers — columnist @marcialuyten.bsky.social describes the fall of political parties, and calls for Citizens' Assemblies. #GetLucky #SortitionNL #LottocracyNL
"Als de politieke partij niet langer de drijvende kracht van onze democratie kan zijn, wordt het tijd andere instrumenten in te zetten. Hup, demos kratos, en zet de verweesde, verwende, vermaakzuchtige kiezer in bijvoorbeeld burgerberaden terug op het hoofdtoneel."
Ontzuiling vermorzelde ook de politieke partij als centrale processor in onze democratie. Alleen de VVD vervult voor zijn achterban nog die functie
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November 18, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Today in the left-of-center @volkskrant.nl — one of the leading Dutch newspapers — columnist @marcialuyten.bsky.social describes the fall of political parties, and calls for Citizens' Assemblies. #GetLucky #SortitionNL #LottocracyNL
Australian economist and CEO Nicholas Gruen recently launched the first of a twenty-episode series of short videos on sortition and citizens' assemblies. #GetLucky #Sortition #Lottocracy
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November 12, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Australian economist and CEO Nicholas Gruen recently launched the first of a twenty-episode series of short videos on sortition and citizens' assemblies. #GetLucky #Sortition #Lottocracy
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"But what did strike me more this year in Brussels than last year in Vancouver (...) was that younger participants seemed keener to hone a more radical approach to rally round." #GetLucky #Sortition #Lottocracy
Some of the new trends in deliberative democracy as seen at the annual Democracy R&D conference, just held this year in Brussels.
It was colourful and fun. And innovations like citizens' assemblies might just help get us some better government.
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It was colourful and fun. And innovations like citizens' assemblies might just help get us some better government.
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Governments are floundering. Can citizens’ assemblies help?
People feel hopeless at the state of our elected governments. But here’s news from the frontline of deliberative democracy activists who are finding another way to run our countries better.
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November 10, 2025 at 5:21 PM
"But what did strike me more this year in Brussels than last year in Vancouver (...) was that younger participants seemed keener to hone a more radical approach to rally round." #GetLucky #Sortition #Lottocracy
Two days before the general election, one of the leading Dutch newspapers NRC publishes interview with Hélène Landemore on democracy, sortition and citizens' assemblies. Landemore has started working at Leiden University. #SortitionNL @landemore.bsky.social @nrc.nl
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Verkiezingen zijn een manier om grote groepen mensen uit te sluiten, ‘we hebben nieuw gereedschap nodig’
Hélène Landemore | hoogleraar politicologie: Verkiezingen in de huidige vorm zijn een weeffout van de democratie. Veel kiezers voelen zich niet vertegenwoordigd en dat leidt „tot een populistische rev...
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October 27, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Two days before the general election, one of the leading Dutch newspapers NRC publishes interview with Hélène Landemore on democracy, sortition and citizens' assemblies. Landemore has started working at Leiden University. #SortitionNL @landemore.bsky.social @nrc.nl
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The global climate conference in November hosted in Belém, Brazil will make use of a global Citizens' Assembly. #COP30 #SortitionWorld #LottocracyWorld
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Don’t miss the first edition of PS Events: Studio Sessions, in which Arunabha Ghosh discusses (with @sddecleve.bsky.social) the need to embed a “citizens’ track” into the COP process. Click the link to watch the discussion. bit.ly/4my9ZKc #PSStudioSessions #GlobalCitizensAssembly #COP30
September 26, 2025 at 5:07 AM
The global climate conference in November hosted in Belém, Brazil will make use of a global Citizens' Assembly. #COP30 #SortitionWorld #LottocracyWorld
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Just heard a commercial for Eva Rovers' new book being broadcast on Dutch public news station NPO Radio 1; in the commercial she voices support for a Third Chamber with citizens *drafted by lot*. #SortitionNL #LottocracyNL #TK2025
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Waarom we politiek niet alleen aan politici kunnen overlaten - Eva Rovers | Libris
De klimaatcrisis, het woningtekort, het stikstofprobleem, digitale veiligheid: onze grootste maatschappelijke vraagstukken worden maar niet opgelost. Ondertussen groeit de ontevredenheid over de polit...
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September 25, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Just heard a commercial for Eva Rovers' new book being broadcast on Dutch public news station NPO Radio 1; in the commercial she voices support for a Third Chamber with citizens *drafted by lot*. #SortitionNL #LottocracyNL #TK2025
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September 23, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Two calls for an additional, lottery-based house of parliament in leading Dutch newspapers NRC and Volkskrant, as the new book by Eva Rovers advocating such a Third Chamber hits the shelves. #SortitionNL #LottocracyNL
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Waarom we politiek niet alleen aan politici kunnen overlaten - Eva Rovers | Libris
De klimaatcrisis, het woningtekort, het stikstofprobleem, digitale veiligheid: onze grootste maatschappelijke vraagstukken worden maar niet opgelost. Ondertussen groeit de ontevredenheid over de polit...
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September 9, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Two calls for an additional, lottery-based house of parliament in leading Dutch newspapers NRC and Volkskrant, as the new book by Eva Rovers advocating such a Third Chamber hits the shelves. #SortitionNL #LottocracyNL
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The American ballot initiative is a powerful tool. But it is also broken. To preserve the ballot initiative and its democratic promise, its defenders need an answer. They may find it in citizens’ assemblies.
#CitizensAssembly
#CitizensAssembly
Putting the Initiative Back Together - Harvard Law Review
The American ballot initiative is a powerful tool. Initiatives can innovate: Four states can credit ballot initiatives for legislative redistricting commissions that removed redistricting...
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September 3, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Hoogleraar staats- en bestuursrecht Wim Voermans zal op do.-avond 18 sep in Tilburg een pleidooi houden voor het permanente burgerberaad. Gratis toegangstickets | Professor of Constitutional and Administrative Law Voermans will advocate permanent Citizens Assembly in city of Tilburg. #SortitionNL
Met Wim Voermans in gesprek over burgerberaden #Tilburg www.tilburgers.nl/met-wim-voer...
August 30, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Hoogleraar staats- en bestuursrecht Wim Voermans zal op do.-avond 18 sep in Tilburg een pleidooi houden voor het permanente burgerberaad. Gratis toegangstickets | Professor of Constitutional and Administrative Law Voermans will advocate permanent Citizens Assembly in city of Tilburg. #SortitionNL
Leading Dutch advocate for Citizens' Assemblies Eva Rovers publishes article in online Dutch newspaper De Correspondent. Included: a map showing all permanent local and regional councils in Europe with citizens drawn by lot. #SortitionNL #LottocracyNL
Heeft het in dit grillige politieke klimaat nog zin om te gaan stemmen? Zeker. Is dat voldoende om de democratie overeind te houden? Absoluut niet. Daarom hebben deze gemeenten een permanent burgerparlement.
Lees of luister hier het nieuwe verhaal van historicus Eva Rovers: corr.es/3aec24
Lees of luister hier het nieuwe verhaal van historicus Eva Rovers: corr.es/3aec24
August 27, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Leading Dutch advocate for Citizens' Assemblies Eva Rovers publishes article in online Dutch newspaper De Correspondent. Included: a map showing all permanent local and regional councils in Europe with citizens drawn by lot. #SortitionNL #LottocracyNL
More on Edmund Griffiths' proposal for sortition in a yet to be founded new left party in the United Kingdom. #SortitionUK
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August 22, 2025 at 4:49 PM
More on Edmund Griffiths' proposal for sortition in a yet to be founded new left party in the United Kingdom. #SortitionUK
@edmundgriffiths.bsky.social @lijphart.bsky.social @nuttlos.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
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Former Labour Party and now independent MPs Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana announced a new left-wing party; possibly with bottom-up approach using within-party sortition. #SortitionUK
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August 17, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Former Labour Party and now independent MPs Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana announced a new left-wing party; possibly with bottom-up approach using within-party sortition. #SortitionUK
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dus de meerderheid denkt niet zelfstandig na?
Dit is overigens ook mijn indruk, wanneer ik hier zelfstandig over probeer na te denken. Maar wat zegt dit over de legitimiteit van verkiezingsuitslagen? Meten die dan nog wel inhoudelijke voorkeuren? Of is het een spelletje tussen media strategen?
Dit is overigens ook mijn indruk, wanneer ik hier zelfstandig over probeer na te denken. Maar wat zegt dit over de legitimiteit van verkiezingsuitslagen? Meten die dan nog wel inhoudelijke voorkeuren? Of is het een spelletje tussen media strategen?
July 14, 2025 at 5:57 PM
dus de meerderheid denkt niet zelfstandig na?
Dit is overigens ook mijn indruk, wanneer ik hier zelfstandig over probeer na te denken. Maar wat zegt dit over de legitimiteit van verkiezingsuitslagen? Meten die dan nog wel inhoudelijke voorkeuren? Of is het een spelletje tussen media strategen?
Dit is overigens ook mijn indruk, wanneer ik hier zelfstandig over probeer na te denken. Maar wat zegt dit over de legitimiteit van verkiezingsuitslagen? Meten die dan nog wel inhoudelijke voorkeuren? Of is het een spelletje tussen media strategen?
"It is expected around 20 to 25 people will be recruited via a postal lottery of 10,000 addresses, with the aim of selecting a group that is broadly representative of the wider UK population." #SortitionUK
The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (Ipsa) is convening a "citizens' forum" (a small scale citizens’ assembly) to help shape pay and expenses policy for MPs.
A positive development in Ipsa’s review approach & I hope we see more public engagement like this during this parliament.
A positive development in Ipsa’s review approach & I hope we see more public engagement like this during this parliament.
Public invited to decide how MPs' pay should be set
Parliament's expenses watchdog wants around twenty people to take part in a review on MP salaries.
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July 1, 2025 at 6:17 AM
"It is expected around 20 to 25 people will be recruited via a postal lottery of 10,000 addresses, with the aim of selecting a group that is broadly representative of the wider UK population." #SortitionUK
Apparently, in August a political party for sortition will be founded in Germany: announcement of founding meeting in Munich. | Aankondiging van oprichtingsvergadering van een partij voor burgerloting in Duitsland. #SortitionDE
Am 9.8.2025, nachmittags in München:
Gründungsversammlung der Partei "Losdemokratie - Für eine starke Bürgerschaft"
#Parteigründung #losdemokratie #parteitag #parteitmitgliedschaft #Parteimitglieder #bundeswahlleitung #bundeswahlleiterin
Gründungsversammlung der Partei "Losdemokratie - Für eine starke Bürgerschaft"
#Parteigründung #losdemokratie #parteitag #parteitmitgliedschaft #Parteimitglieder #bundeswahlleitung #bundeswahlleiterin
June 13, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Apparently, in August a political party for sortition will be founded in Germany: announcement of founding meeting in Munich. | Aankondiging van oprichtingsvergadering van een partij voor burgerloting in Duitsland. #SortitionDE
Hier het hele interview met David Van Reybrouck in Buitenhof. | 'Democracy in Europe today is a procession of completely worn-out cars' #SortitionNL
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Heeft onze democratie grondige innovatie nodig? | David van Reybrouck | Buitenhof
YouTube video by Buitenhof
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June 8, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Hier het hele interview met David Van Reybrouck in Buitenhof. | 'Democracy in Europe today is a procession of completely worn-out cars' #SortitionNL
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Today David Van Reybrouck was interviewed on national Dutch public TV. Very critical of the current system. News: city of Amersfoort is considering setting up a permanent Citizens' Council. | Fragment begint op 50:29 (12 minuten) #SortitionNL
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Buitenhof | NPO Start
Programma waarin politiek en actualiteit besproken wordt in diepte-interviews, debatten of discussies. Met gezaghebbende gasten uit binnen- en buitenland, van politici en CEO’s tot originele denkers e...
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June 8, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Today David Van Reybrouck was interviewed on national Dutch public TV. Very critical of the current system. News: city of Amersfoort is considering setting up a permanent Citizens' Council. | Fragment begint op 50:29 (12 minuten) #SortitionNL
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In Texas between 1996 and 1998, eight electric utilities polled customers drawn by lot to determine what energy options they preferred to meet future electric requirement. We could call it a lobby of the customers. #SortitionUS
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June 4, 2025 at 3:48 PM
In Texas between 1996 and 1998, eight electric utilities polled customers drawn by lot to determine what energy options they preferred to meet future electric requirement. We could call it a lobby of the customers. #SortitionUS
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Today a delegation of the Dutch Climate Assembly paid a visit to the Tweede Kamer (Second Chamber, the 'House of Representatives'), and had a chat with MPs about participating in the assembly. The official recommendations will be handed over in September. #SortitionNL #NBK
May 28, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Today a delegation of the Dutch Climate Assembly paid a visit to the Tweede Kamer (Second Chamber, the 'House of Representatives'), and had a chat with MPs about participating in the assembly. The official recommendations will be handed over in September. #SortitionNL #NBK