They used a method of sortition to draw candidates for public office.

The upper house of a parliament might be selected through sortition.

It is a form of sortition which inherently has only two possible and equally likely outcomes.

Representatives appointed by sortition do not owe anything to anyone for their position.

Officials are volunteers elected to committees controlling these groups by sortition.

Sortition there was more important as a democratic mechanism than voting was.

Under a system of pure, universal sortition the individuals are not chosen for their enthusiasm.

Some of the officials selected by sortition may hold views that greatly differ from those common in the population.

In the political domain, sometimes sortition is held as an example of what wisdom of the crowd would look like.

In the oral quiz session (the 2nd day), different teams are placed into groups through sortition.

"By sortition among the high Macedonians, most of whom have perished or fled."

"I intend to ban sortition and hold elections instead.

He is a supporter of the idea of sortition which could also be applied to constitutional conventions.

Sortition - selection of decision makers by lottery.

Sortition, also known as allotment, is a method of selection by some form of lottery.

He is particularly known for his advocacy for instant runoff voting, and more recently sortition.

For example, all city councils would be appointed by sortition, however at the national level, normal elections would continue.

The guardians would be selected by sortition.

The best way of electing MPs is using sortition which was a simple lottery.

Using sortition to choose those eligible to vote (thus increasing the worth of a single vote).

Other consequences of implementing sortition only at one level include scale of powers, trust and efficacy.

If a system of pure, universal sortition is also involuntary, then measures for compelling people to serve need to be instituted.

The Athenian democracy made much use of sortition, with nearly all government offices filled by lottery rather than by election.

As a result, twenty of the forty councillors elected in 1906 were chosen by random sortition to finish their term this year.

Sometimes called "democracy without elections", demarchy uses sortition to choose decision makers via a random process.