section_path: Types of governmental democracies/Typology/Sortition
section_name: Sortition
paragraph_text: Sortition
  
  Sortition is the process of choosing decision-making bodies via a random selection. These bodies can be more representative of the opinions and interests of the people at large than an elected legislature or other decision-maker. The technique was in widespread use in Athenian Democracy and Renaissance Florence and is still used in modern jury selection and citizens' assemblies.