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The Irish Citizens’ Assembly chooses representatives by lottery, not election

by Brett Hennig

Over the course of 18 months, from October 2016 to April 2018, ninety-nine randomly selected Irish citizens did an incredible thing: They made policy recommendations to their government. And what’s more, the government listened and responded.

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