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Sortition Can Help Cure What Ails Our Democracy
Americans are frustrated with our increasingly oligarchic political system. Empowering citizen juries, selected through random lotteries, to make laws…
Dec 19, 2025
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What Should be Cut from the Draft of "The Trouble With Elections"
The book is under contract to be published by Taylor & Francis
Apr 29, 2025
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Conclusion
From "The Trouble With Elections: Everything We Thought We Knew About Democracy is Wrong," Chapter 17.4
Sep 18, 2024
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Democracy Worthy of Disdain
May 18, 2023
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Throw the Bums Out: The Minimalist View of Democracy
Jun 15, 2023
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Conclusion
Sep 18, 2024
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What Should be Cut from the Draft of "The Trouble With Elections"
Apr 29, 2025
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Multi-Body Sortition
Apr 5, 2024
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My Path
Jun 3, 2023
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Nearing the end of this book...
I am doing final edits to the final section of the final chapter of this book, and will post it within a few days.
Sep 15, 2024
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A Better Transition to Sortition
From "The Trouble With Elections: Everything We Thought We Knew About Democracy is Wrong," Chapter 17.3
Sep 9, 2024
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Selecting a Path to Sortition ... continued
From "The Trouble With Elections: Everything We Thought We Knew About Democracy is Wrong," Chapter 17.2
Sep 3, 2024
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Chapter 17: Selecting a Path to Sortition
From "The Trouble With Elections: Everything We Thought We Knew About Democracy is Wrong," Chapter 17.1
Aug 28, 2024
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Meta-legislative Functions (Rules and Oversight Councils)
From "The Trouble With Elections: Everything We Thought We Knew About Democracy is Wrong," Chapter 16.5
Aug 22, 2024
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Final Adoption of Laws (Policy Juries)
From "The Trouble With Elections: Everything We Thought We Knew About Democracy is Wrong," Chapter 16.4
Aug 16, 2024
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Reviewing Bills (Review Panels)
From "The Trouble With Elections: Everything We Thought We Knew About Democracy is Wrong," Chapter 16.3
Aug 10, 2024
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Solving Dilemmas with Multi-Body Sortition
From "The Trouble With Elections: Everything We Thought We Knew About Democracy is Wrong," Chapter 16.2
Aug 4, 2024
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Dilemmas of Sortition Design
From "The Trouble With Elections: Everything We Thought We Knew About Democracy is Wrong," Chapter 16.1
Jul 28, 2024
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