Sortition or random selection, as used in juries, is the method Ancient Athens used to select their legislative representatives. Could this work in our time? And work better than elections?

John Gastil, Distinguished Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences, Public Policy and Political Science and Senior Scholar, McCourtney Institute for Democracy at The Penn State University, will be speaking on the promise of Sortition/Citizen Juries as a solution to many of the problems in our politics.