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EstablishedIn Oregon-style reviews, 20 to 24 voters chosen from respondents to thousands of random invitations, balanced to reflect the electorate, write a Citizens' Statement with key findings and the best reasons to vote for and against a measure.EstablishedEach review gathers a randomly selected group of about twenty voters, balanced to reflect the state's demographic and political diversity, who question advocates, opponents and experts and distil what they learn into a one-page analysis for the official voters' pamphlet.EstablishedOutside Oregon, Citizens' Initiative Review pilots were held in Colorado in 2014 and in Arizona in 2016 (on Proposition 205), and variants were tested in Finland and in Sion, Switzerland.