Guide: Organizing a democratic lottery

A complete guide to organizing the sortition process in a citizens' assembly.

Guide on implementing democratic lotteries, or sortition, to select representative groups for citizens' assemblies. It details a two-stage selection process: initially, a random selection from a broad population, followed by stratification to ensure demographic representativeness. The guide emphasizes principles of inclusiveness, fairness, transparency, and independence, offering practical steps and considerations for organizers to ensure legitimacy and public trust in deliberative democratic processes.

Source: FIDE
Language: English

Year of publication: 2024