Legislature by Lot: Envisioning Sortition within a Bicameral System
John Gastil,Erik Olin Wright — Legislature by Lot: Envisioning Sortition within a Bicameral System (2018)John Gastil; Erik Olin Wright · 2018 · Article · Introduction: four basic elementsEstablishedSource attached · not independently reviewedCLM-0311 · as of 2026-10-23 · about: Legislature by lot · Author: Polity Atlas editorial team
“Gastil and Wright propose a two-chamber legislature with an elected chamber and a randomly selected 'sortition assembly' of equal powers, each able to initiate legislation and vote on the other's bills, with well-paid, trained members in staggered terms.”
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2Legislature by Lot: Transformative Designs for Deliberative Governance
John Gastil (ed.),Erik Olin Wright (ed.) — Legislature by Lot: Transformative Designs for Deliberative Governance (2019)John Gastil (ed.); Erik Olin Wright (ed.) · 2019 · Book · Part I, chapter 1Evidence that contradicts
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