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  • Definition

    Citizen Conferences allow for citizens to deliberate and provide policy recommendations for a government entity.  The government entity can then use these recommendations to better meet the needs of its citizens.

    Participants

    The participants in citizen conferences are selected randomly to represent the diverse sets of opinions and demographics of a region (e.g. a State).  These participants are usually ordinary citizens, not stakeholders or professional lobbyists.

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    Definition

    ConsiderIt is an internet-based platform that stems from the basis of personal deliberation into a form of public deliberation. It allows users to examine trade-offs and the vantage points of other users on proposed actions such as ballot measures, by forming deliberation around a list of pro and cons authored, adopted, and shared by various people using the platform. The design process began with the goal of supporting a voters guide written by community members in the 2010 U.S. election.

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