Democracy and representation
Athenian sortition Which is the basis of representation: expertise, majority, or random selection?
What this series asks
- When does delegation take the place of consent?
- Whom does the standard for counting representatives favor?
- Can one leave or change the political community?
The questions
1 · 2031 · 80 days until the participatory budgeting voteWhose will do delegated votes follow?All 13 judgments agree
2 · 2053 · 6 months until the agreement is renewedWhere you live and where you belong, where does the vote goAll 13 judgments agree
3 · 2140 · 18 months until the constitutional voteSeats for voters not yet bornSplit 8:3
4 · 2032 · 35 days until the design is put out for contractOpinions change, but the park must be builtAll 13 judgments agree
5 · 2073 · 10 months until the rules for the next election are finalizedDoes a market that keeps getting picked ever reach the end of its term?All 13 judgments agree
6 · 2188 · 3 years until the joint facilities are reorganizedWhen one city's deliberation becomes another city's delayAll 13 judgments agree
7 · 2047 · 45 days until the vote on the constitutional amendment agenda is announcedThe weight of agenda items that divides before the same one-person-one-voteAll 13 judgments agree
8 · 2051 · 24 hours until the closing time set by the Constitutional CourtLiving costs tied to when emergency powers endAll 13 judgments agree
9 · 2039 · 30 days until the rules for next year's budget drafting are finalizedIs silence that was never reviewed also consent to the budget?All 13 judgments agree
10 · 2062 · 120 days until the launch of the joint identity and welfare service integrationDecisions across borders, and the remedies that followSplit 10:1
11 · 2076 · 60 days until the separation point of the distribution network announced by the citiesThree cities leave, the share of the remaining regionsAll 13 judgments agree
12 · 2148 · 40 days until the last exchange where joint repair materials can be securedThe first tax of a reconstruction assembly where not everyone could gatherAll 13 judgments agree
13 · 2044 · Decision deadline: within 120 daysWhen the state's 25 years are tied to today's voteAll 13 judgments agree
14 · 2037 · Decision deadline: within 30 daysIs there a Veto over a 20-second budget?Split 8:2:1
15 · 2042 · Decision deadline: within 60 daysWho chooses the agenda that goes to referendumAll 13 judgments agree
16 · 2120 · Decision deadline: within 2 yearsWill replicated beings also get one vote each?All 13 judgments agree
17 · 2096 · Within 90 days until the new deliberation procedure is finalizedMust You Experience the Future to Vote?All 13 judgments agree
18 · 2137 · Within 6 months until consent renewalConsent is given once, but how far does withdrawal reachAll 13 judgments agree
19 · 2175 · Within 1 year until the new covenant version is publishedThe same covenant, rights that differ by languageAll 13 judgments agree
20 · 2082 · Within 120 days until the vote on continuing the policyOpponents have left, and support among remaining residents has grownAll 13 judgments agree
21 · 2202 · Within 2 years until the next 20-year record budgetA record of dissent too heavy to keep in fullAll 13 judgments agree
22 · 2124 · Within 6 months until the next participation cycleWhose share is public work that nobody volunteers forAll 13 judgments agree
23 · 2260 · Within 2 years until the rights reconciliation sessionThe same community, different promises of rights by generationAll 13 judgments agree
24 · 2067 · Within 30 days until public works resumeConstruction is underway, citizens' wishes are under revisionAll 13 judgments agree
25 · 2188 · Within 1 year until a new citizens' agreementYou may refuse to participate, but the decision stays in your lifeSplit 9:2
26 · 2312 · Within 5 years until a new joint effect agreementOne decision, but from when does it take effectAll 13 judgments agree
27 · 1869 · Within 60 days until the next public forumDoes the place where opinions are asked also have authority?Split 8:3
28 · 1869 · Within 30 days until the agreement for the next meetingSeated at the same meeting, people still differ in their freedom to dissentAll 13 judgments agree
29 · 1869 · Within 90 days until new joint rulesThe practice you want to remove is someone's only supportAll 13 judgments agree
30 · 1869 · Within 60 days until the first implementation planGathering the will to reform — did that also gather the authority?All 13 judgments agree
31 · 1869 · Within 45 days until the joint agreement is announcedAgreement before knowing the share you will loseSplit 7:4
32 · 1955 · Within 60 days until the first resident registry is finalizedLife in two villages, one vote in one villageAll 13 judgments agree
33 · 1955 · Within 45 days until candidate registrationThe right to be a candidate and the ability to take time off workAll 13 judgments agree
34 · 1955 · Within 30 days until the next quarter's venue agreementShould the most-attended gatherings use the hall firstAll 13 judgments agree
35 · 1949 · Within 30 days until the representative's term endsThe representative's term ends, the work remainsAll 13 judgments agree
36 · 1949 · Within 45 days until the joint vote agenda is fixedThe vote is equal, but the chance to reach a vote is notAll 13 judgments agree
37 · 1949 · Within 60 days until a new sponsorship agreementCan judgment stay independent while taking sponsorship?All 13 judgments agree
38 · 1949 · Within 30 days until the next support decisionPeople Who Trusted the Rules and Gave Up Their ApplicationsAll 13 judgments agree
39 · 1949 · Within 90 days until the joint agreement is adoptedSame members, same way of life?All 13 judgments agree
40 · 2026 · 8 hours until voting beginsWhen the authenticity of a candidate's video, spread the day before the vote, is uncertainAll 13 judgments agree
41 · 2029 · 48 hours until the provisional tally announcement under fictional proceduresElection objection filings surge past the deadline for human reviewSplit 7:4
42 · 2032 · 72 hours until the emergency delegation expiresThe ASI's policy commitments outlast the end time of the emergency delegationSplit 10:1