Seminar: CAs instead of elections?

Posted on March 11, 2023 by Owen Shaffer

Democracy Without Elections is sponsoring a seminar titled “Citizens’ Assemblies and Lottery Selection as the Democratic Alternative to Elections.” It will be led by Terry Bouricius who, along with David Schecter, developed the nested assemblies model that was the basis for their implementation in the Ostbelgien region of Belgium. Topics include:

Why elections don’t work
History of democratic lotteries (sortition)
Why replacing elections with lotteries does not work
Transition possibilities from elections to lotteries
Using lotteries in boards, co-ops, condo associations, etc.

In this 4 hour seminar, you can review what you know and deepen your knowledge. Invite other folks who may be interested!

It will be held on Saturday 8 April at 12:30pm Eastern, 9:30 am Pacific, 6:30 pm Central Europe. Sign up here in advance.

Filed under: Elections, meeting, Sortition |

4 Responses

Hanspeter Rosenlechner, on March 11, 2023 at 2:57 pm said:

Is this an online / Zoom… seminar?

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Anonymous, on March 11, 2023 at 7:34 pm said:

Yes, it is online.

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keithsutherland, on March 13, 2023 at 7:43 am said:

So elections don’t work and replacing elections with lotteries doesn’t work either, but the seminar will examine the transition possibilities from elections to lotteries (even though neither option works)?

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keithsutherland, on March 13, 2023 at 4:27 pm said:

More generally, what sort of seminar has topics like: “Why xxx does not work”? All the seminars I have attended are based on open enquiry, rather than what would appear to be an a priori conclusion. Rather than a seminar this sounds more like a consciousness raising event.

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