sortition

Sortition rests on two rather unique properties of random sampling.

And, second, we already use sortition to select an important deliberative body, the trial jury.

First, sortition was the main system for choosing political officials in ancient Athens.

Today, there are people who talk about using sortition more widely in our society.

Gat is one of the founders of Equality-by-lot, a popular sortition blog.

At what date was election by lot, or sortition, introduced for the archonship?

The real effect of sortition was to equalize the chances of rich and poor without civil strife.