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Sortition

Public randomness, balanced citizen bodies.

Polis draws governance bodies with a VRF receipt and stratification constraints. Public records show aggregate composition only, never per-citizen rows.

Citizens selected by public sortition into a balanced governance room.

VRF receipt

Each draw publishes a verifiable random function proof, public seed hash, aggregate composition hash, body name, polis, and draw date.

Stratification

Draws target age, neighborhood, residency years, gender aggregate, and format preference within a 5 percentage-point tolerance before a receipt is accepted.

Aggregate-only publication

The public record shows composition bands and hashes. It does not publish citizen ids, names, addresses, contact details, or private Constellation fields.

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Paste a public receipt id, VRF proof, seed hash, and aggregate composition hash. The widget checks them against receipts.json.

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Public record

Last 10 polis sortitions

Rows are aggregate composition summaries only. Declines and replacements preserve strata without exposing individual records.

DateBodyPolisAggregate compositionReceipt id
2026-05-26SARBUnited States cross-polistechnical 20%, lay 80%; cross-polis aggregate onlyus-sarb-2026-05
2026-05-12Citizen AssemblyEvanston, Illinoisgender aggregate within 5pp of active citizen base; neighborhood aggregate within 5ppevanston-assembly-2026-05
2026-04-18Welcoming CohortEvanston, IllinoisEstablished+ 100%; language support English 88%, Spanish 9%, other 3%evanston-welcoming-2026-04
2026-04-04Proposition PanelEvanston, Illinoiselders 100%; residency 5-10y 33%, 10-20y 34%, 20y+ 33%evanston-proposition-2026-04
2026-03-31SARBUnited States cross-polistechnical 20%, lay 80%; rotation replaced 25 seatsus-sarb-2026-03
2026-03-15Citizen AssemblyEvanston, Illinoisformat preference SYM 18%, AGO 22%, GYM 17%, THE 16%, FES 19%, ALE 8%evanston-assembly-2026-03
2026-02-21Welcoming CohortEvanston, Illinoisnewcomer support north 26%, central 37%, south 37%; Established+ 100%evanston-welcoming-2026-02
2026-02-07Proposition PanelEvanston, Illinoiselders 100%; neighborhood spread north 33%, central 34%, south 33%evanston-proposition-2026-02
2026-01-31SARBUnited States cross-polistechnical 20%, lay 80%; age-balanced within 5ppus-sarb-2026-01
2026-01-15Citizen AssemblyEvanston, Illinoisage 18-29 18%, age 30-44 31%, age 45-64 34%, age 65+ 17%; north 24%, central 38%, south 38%evanston-assembly-2026-01