I think that public school boards would be a prime place to test out sortation as a form of governance, since 90% of people voting for a trustee has no idea who the trustee is, don't really seem to care who is elected, and have no way on following the actions of the person they elected.
Have some kind of nomination barrier to have people put their name into a hat (like 250 signatures for the district). Then get an computer program randomly select the board from the nominees selecting for a high level of economic diversity (different income levels, parents of young children, parents of old children, non parents, white collar workers, blue collar workers...).
The biggest problem with this system, is that the government would probably need to appoint someone too find and help people become nominees.
There is some evidence that people who gain power through random chance are more likely to be altruistic with the power they have, understanding that it is luck that led them to where they are. Those who win power from their own efforts are more likely to do shady things and put in inferior efforts, feeling they earned the position they are in.
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