About us

The Citizens Representative Assembly provides a democratic alternative to the outdated and repressive First Past the Post electoral system we have here in the UK.

 

We champion putting decision making into the hands of every citizen by advocating for transformational electoral reform and promoting informed civic engagement. This is by citizens putting themselves forward to be a candidate for their constituency and by citizens voting for a wide selection of candidates which are whittled down to four independent representatives through three rounds of voting. Through voting using the Single Transferable Vote method of proportional representation and by citizens getting involved in national Citizens Assemblies to debate and decide on national issues.

 

We champion direct citizen involvement in all roles in our democracy and provide an alternative method for all citizens to have the power to represent themselves. We aim to make sure that all citizens votes are equal and contribute to a fairer society. 

Aims: 

 

1.  Participants of voting age from each constituency will sign up on our website or app or at a community venue by putting a slip of paper. This is in a secure and monitored box.

 

 2. Three Citizens Representative Assembly members will be selected through sortition to so by a random lottery to provide a diverse and inclusive range of candidates to represent people in their constituencies. With twelve different citizens selected on the ballot paper or four distinct sets of candidates. 

 

3. Members of The Citizens Representative Assembly are going to be voted in by citizens in their constituencies every six months using the single transferable voting method of Proportional Representation .

 

  • Once members are selected, they will be provided with detailed information – presentations and Q&A sessions – about the national issues at hand from a range of experts, stakeholders, and advocates. Assembly members will be sent out information two months beforehand by post or email. 

 

4. Information will be fed back by facilitators (moderators) from the regional citizens assemblies and local people’s assemblies to the 1300 members of the national Citizens Representative Assembly. Assembly members are changed every six months by people using Proportional Representation. 

 

  • Members from UK constituencies then are going to debate and decide on national issues in three randomly selected separate groups selected by sortition or a lottery bases system over three weekdays using citizens assemblies in parliament.
  • Members aim to travel around to different cities across the UK to debate on national issues at different venues. Impartial facilitators from each region who are impartial to the discussion and from outside the legislature will facilitate and manage the discussions. New facilitators are then to be chosen by the assemblies ever year and a half. Decision makers will be paid fairly for their time. 

 

5. The decisions would be then fed back by the facilitators (moderators) from each group to the working groups of national assemblies. Working groups will be dedicated to a certain policy area and work together to enact the policies nationally.

 

  • The members are going to be chosen at random from across the UK through sortition a lottery-based system and are going to be experts and knowledgeable in each departmental area.
  • Members of the departments are going to be deselected every two and a half years, and new members will be chosen by sortition, to be voted in by members of the public at an election, in their constituencies. Four candidates will be selected for each departmental role. 

6. Members of the Citizens Representative Assembly will be automatically deselected after six months.

 

  • Then people are then to be given the chance, to vote in their new representatives in their constituencies using the single transferable vote method of proportional representation.