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by Graffur 1607 days ago
That is really interesting. Do you know if it's been used anywhere else? Even non-governmental type votes?
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It's been used in student government and there's been some research behind it. I originally heard about it on an episode of Malcolm Gladwell's podcast.

https://www.pushkin.fm/episode/the-powerball-revolution/

https://democracyinpractice.org/

https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/mbio.00422-16

Sortition was part of election process for Venetian doges - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_of_Venice
Jury duty.