I do not support sortition for federal office but I 100% support sortition for local government. Like jury duty but for lawmaking
The word for this political system is "Sortition," and it's more or less how Athenian political officials were chosen.
A random citizen as president and we vote whether to reroll every week
November 2, 2026 at 5:21 AM
I do not support sortition for federal office but I 100% support sortition for local government. Like jury duty but for lawmaking
The word for this political system is "Sortition," and it's more or less how Athenian political officials were chosen.
A random citizen as president and we vote whether to reroll every week
November 2, 2026 at 3:33 AM
The word for this political system is "Sortition," and it's more or less how Athenian political officials were chosen.
sortition solves this
I’d have to say one of the biggest problems with politics is that a lot of the people who want to be in politics are crazy nuts
November 1, 2026 at 11:21 PM
sortition solves this
friendship ended with direct democracy, now sortition is my best friend
November 4, 2026 at 2:43 PM
friendship ended with direct democracy, now sortition is my best friend
yep, juries are about the only place we use it in the American context, and imo you probably don’t want a sortition body making policy all by itself, but it makes a great way of boiling The People down into a small group for sanity-checking stuff. (sortition Senate with a suspensive veto, anyone?)
November 2, 2026 at 3:41 AM
yep, juries are about the only place we use it in the American context, and imo you probably don’t want a sortition body making policy all by itself, but it makes a great way of boiling The People down into a small group for sanity-checking stuff. (sortition Senate with a suspensive veto, anyone?)
They really should abolish the Lords and appoint the replacements by sortition.
November 2, 2026 at 6:12 AM
They really should abolish the Lords and appoint the replacements by sortition.
The older I get, the better sortition looks
November 2, 2026 at 5:24 AM
The older I get, the better sortition looks
It's a system that's effectively immune to political corruption, whatever its other failings are.
You can also have Sortition produce things like random representative groups (like Juries) to then vote on political officials, which might avoid the "no career expert politicans" problem.
You can also have Sortition produce things like random representative groups (like Juries) to then vote on political officials, which might avoid the "no career expert politicans" problem.
November 2, 2026 at 3:36 AM
It's a system that's effectively immune to political corruption, whatever its other failings are.
You can also have Sortition produce things like random representative groups (like Juries) to then vote on political officials, which might avoid the "no career expert politicans" problem.
You can also have Sortition produce things like random representative groups (like Juries) to then vote on political officials, which might avoid the "no career expert politicans" problem.
My political proposal is that we have a system more or less as we have it now, except with the addition of ranked choice voting, an expanded legislature, and the sortition appointment of a single person making the medium income whose job is to sit in any given legislative or executive meeting.
November 2, 2026 at 3:38 AM
My political proposal is that we have a system more or less as we have it now, except with the addition of ranked choice voting, an expanded legislature, and the sortition appointment of a single person making the medium income whose job is to sit in any given legislative or executive meeting.
Politics naturally selects these types of sociopathic narcissists, so I’m coming around on the idea of sortition as a selection method.
we’re all obviously talking about Michigan but you have to see this closer from Roger Marshall that’s maybe the worst political ad I’ve ever seen
November 2, 2026 at 9:38 PM
Politics naturally selects these types of sociopathic narcissists, so I’m coming around on the idea of sortition as a selection method.
The HoL should be filled by sortition.
November 3, 2026 at 12:51 AM
The HoL should be filled by sortition.
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November 2, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Are you a #sortition skeptic?
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With tweaks to fix obvious problems (only men being allowed for one), I still believe that sortition is the best form of democracy.
The word for this political system is "Sortition," and it's more or less how Athenian political officials were chosen.
A random citizen as president and we vote whether to reroll every week
November 2, 2026 at 3:37 AM
With tweaks to fix obvious problems (only men being allowed for one), I still believe that sortition is the best form of democracy.
What is the role of political parties and associated movements under a parliamentary sortition system?
November 2, 2026 at 12:55 AM
What is the role of political parties and associated movements under a parliamentary sortition system?
Optimal political system: a lower house with 4-6 ruthlessly whipped professional parties of bloodless technocrats elected by list PR, upper house with full blocking powers chosen by sortition
sortition solves this
I’d have to say one of the biggest problems with politics is that a lot of the people who want to be in politics are crazy nuts
November 2, 2026 at 6:04 AM
Optimal political system: a lower house with 4-6 ruthlessly whipped professional parties of bloodless technocrats elected by list PR, upper house with full blocking powers chosen by sortition
An excellent endorsement for sortition tbh
October 27, 2026 at 10:50 PM
An excellent endorsement for sortition tbh
Real reform will require 2 huge nuts to be cracked. Here are what seem the most feasible solutions. Opposition to them would be diffuse.
1) Force a senate leadership contest absent new rules stripping away the tools of obstruction.
2) Extend to SCOTUS the appeals court practice of sortition.
1) Force a senate leadership contest absent new rules stripping away the tools of obstruction.
2) Extend to SCOTUS the appeals court practice of sortition.
November 4, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Real reform will require 2 huge nuts to be cracked. Here are what seem the most feasible solutions. Opposition to them would be diffuse.
1) Force a senate leadership contest absent new rules stripping away the tools of obstruction.
2) Extend to SCOTUS the appeals court practice of sortition.
1) Force a senate leadership contest absent new rules stripping away the tools of obstruction.
2) Extend to SCOTUS the appeals court practice of sortition.
I'm good with mandatory voting, and would also entertain other democratic "innovations" (from the ancient world) like selective use of sortition, post-election audits, etc.
November 3, 2026 at 3:21 PM
I'm good with mandatory voting, and would also entertain other democratic "innovations" (from the ancient world) like selective use of sortition, post-election audits, etc.
sortition is the only true democracy. i will continue to argue this until i get bored or am convinced otherwise
The word for this political system is "Sortition," and it's more or less how Athenian political officials were chosen.
A random citizen as president and we vote whether to reroll every week
November 2, 2026 at 5:34 AM
sortition is the only true democracy. i will continue to argue this until i get bored or am convinced otherwise
Depends what flavor of PR you use. Ranked ballot would help some, but I think multi-rep districts with runoff votes would work the best in context of voting.
I'm in favor of getting rid of voting and parties and having sortition instead. Can't gerrymander that.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sortition
I'm in favor of getting rid of voting and parties and having sortition instead. Can't gerrymander that.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sortition
Sortition - Wikipedia
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October 31, 2026 at 7:35 AM
Depends what flavor of PR you use. Ranked ballot would help some, but I think multi-rep districts with runoff votes would work the best in context of voting.
I'm in favor of getting rid of voting and parties and having sortition instead. Can't gerrymander that.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sortition
I'm in favor of getting rid of voting and parties and having sortition instead. Can't gerrymander that.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sortition
Instead judges would be chosen through sortition among federal judges (with limits on experience and their record of ethics, of course), who themselves would now be nominated and elected by non-partisan state boards restricted to judicial experts.
November 2, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Instead judges would be chosen through sortition among federal judges (with limits on experience and their record of ethics, of course), who themselves would now be nominated and elected by non-partisan state boards restricted to judicial experts.
the people cry out for sortition
grand juries are holding up better than any of the three branches of government tbh
There was a time when no bills from federal grand juries were unheard of, now there’s a certain type of prosecution where it’s more likely than not. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/27/u...
October 28, 2026 at 4:36 PM
the people cry out for sortition
It's all incrementalism -- slow-moving constitutional convention build precedent by precedent. This why term limits and Court expansion are not enough. Nothing short of disempowering individual Justices will do. A sortition scheme and jurisdiction stripping are essential.
I looked up the firm currently arguing for preschools' religious right to refuse to enroll kids w gay parents
turns out it's the same firm that argued for a right to refuse to provide adoption services to gay couples, & to opt kids out of books w LGBTQ characters
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/st-ma...
turns out it's the same firm that argued for a right to refuse to provide adoption services to gay couples, & to opt kids out of books w LGBTQ characters
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/st-ma...
Right-Wing Lawyers Keep Pushing a Constitutional Right to Discriminate Against LGBTQ People
This six-justice conservative supermajority keeps telling activists exactly what kinds of cases to bring next.
ballsandstrikes.org
October 28, 2026 at 8:50 PM
It's all incrementalism -- slow-moving constitutional convention build precedent by precedent. This why term limits and Court expansion are not enough. Nothing short of disempowering individual Justices will do. A sortition scheme and jurisdiction stripping are essential.
Random thought: What if sortition for inheritance. When someone dies, their estate is raffled off and everyone in the community has the same number of tickets.
Exceptions for housing with a survivor still living in it and items of sentimental value up to x$, where x could be fairly generous even.
Exceptions for housing with a survivor still living in it and items of sentimental value up to x$, where x could be fairly generous even.
November 2, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Random thought: What if sortition for inheritance. When someone dies, their estate is raffled off and everyone in the community has the same number of tickets.
Exceptions for housing with a survivor still living in it and items of sentimental value up to x$, where x could be fairly generous even.
Exceptions for housing with a survivor still living in it and items of sentimental value up to x$, where x could be fairly generous even.