Discusses how traditional direct democracy systems can be substantially improved by using a Citizens Assembly to select the best initiatives based on merit rather than requiring a huge number of signatures to be collected.

1. Citizens’ Assembly Enhanced Direct Demcracy New Directions for Democratic Reform

3. Confused by spin and overwhelmed by too many initiatives, v oters Often make poor voting choices . Many initiatives are poorly crafted by those with limited expertise in writing legislation. Proponents Organize Collect Many Signatures ($$$)‏ Huge Spin Campaigns for and against numerous Initiatives. A Typical Large-Scale Direct Democracy System Referendum The process is accessible only to rich groups and individuals , who can pay for signature collection. START

4. Citizens’ Assemblies Can Fix All This!

5. A low, easily attainable threshold Proponents Organize Citizens’ Assembly Citizens’ Assembly Led Debate A max of 4 are chosen Citizens' Assembly-Enhanced Direct Democracy Collect 10 000 Signatures The Citizens' Assembly fine-tunes initiatives (With help/input from experts and politicians). Referendum Citizens’ Assemblies are highly trusted, making them ideal for leading a low-spin debate. Only a manageable number of initiatives are put to referendum each time, and they are selected based on merit ! Rejected START

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