"A citizens´ assembly is a body formed from the citizens of a state to deliberate on an issue or issues of local or national importance. The membership of a citizens´ assembly is randomly selected, as in other forms of sortition.
The purpose is to employ a cross-section of the public to study the options available to the state on certain questions and to propose answers to these questions through rational and reasoned discussion and the use of various methods of inquiry such as directly questioning experts. In many cases, the state will require these proposals to be accepted by the general public through a referendum before becoming law." - (en.wikipedia.org 21.09.2020)
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