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Legislature by Lot: Envisioning Sortition within a Bicameral System

John Gastil; Erik Olin Wright · Politics & Society 46(3), 303-330 · 2018

Type: Article
Author: John Gastil; Erik Olin Wright
Identifier: DOI 10.1177/0032329218789886

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EstablishedGastil 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.