Fair algorithms for selecting citizens' assemblies
Bailey Flanigan,Paul Gölz,Anupam Gupta,Brett Hennig,Ariel D. Procaccia — Fair algorithms for selecting citizens' assemblies (2021)Bailey Flanigan; Paul Gölz; Anupam Gupta; Brett Hennig; Ariel D. Procaccia · 2021 · Article · AbstractEstablishedSource attached · not independently reviewedCLM-0873 · as of 2026-10-30 · about: Demarchy · Author: Polity Atlas editorial team
“Flanigan and colleagues show that differing participation rates across groups create a tension between representative lot-selected panels and equal chances of selection; their algorithm, used to select more than 40 citizens' assemblies by 2021, makes selection probabilities as equal as possible subject to quotas.”
Context. Relevant to Burnheim's reliance on statistical representation drawn from volunteers.
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