What is special about a “deliberative” Assembly?
All national assemblies deliberate to some degree and are therefore deliberative. What is special here is that randomly selected voters are generally not familiar with the process and need well-defined procedures to come up-to-speed quickly. These procedures will evolve with experience. In a nutshell, the starting procedure used in this plan is: • The entire Boule meets to determine the information and presentations it wants to receive about a subject such as a proposed Initiative. • The entire Boule meets and is briefed on the facts. • The Boule divides into randomly selected groups of about 15 Members, who debate the subject for several hours and generate a limited number of questions. • The entire Boule meets and each group raises questions (if they have not been raised by a previous group). Where appropriate they are debated and/or sources of additional information are identified. • The Boule later receives answers or additional information relating to unanswered questions. • Steps
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