Bagenstos on sortition in the Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission

Election Law Blog writes: Bagenstos, “Lottocracy as a Protector of Democracy? Sortition, Expertise, and the Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission” Forthcoming article in the Wisconsin Law Review by Sam Bagenstos (Michigan): A growing body of democratic theory contends that sortition—the selection of decisionmakers by lot rather than election—can strengthen democratic governance,…