Convening a Minipublic During a Pandemic: A Case Study of the Oregon Citizens’ Assembly Pilot on COVID-19 Recovery

John Gastil; Chris Anderson; Laura Black; Stephanie Burkhalter; Soo Hye Han; Justin Reedy; Robert Richards; John Rountree

doi:10.1145/3524064

Convening a Minipublic During a Pandemic: A Case Study of the Oregon Citizens’ Assembly Pilot on COVID-19 Recovery

John Gastil, Chris Anderson, Laura Black, Stephanie Burkhalter, Soo Hye Han, Justin Reedy, Robert Richards, John Rountree

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From July–August, 2020, the nonprofit organization Healthy Democracy convened a seven-week pilot test of an online Citizen Assembly on the state of Oregon’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This pilot project presented a unique research opportunity, because its organizers had ten years of experience running the Citizens’ Initiative Review, a face-to-face minipublic authorized by the State of Oregon to write voting guides for the wider electorate on ballot measures. This case study compares survey data from the Citizen Assembly pilot with the prior Citizens’ Initiative Reviews and provides analysis and recommendations that could improve the design and execution of future online assemblies.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	13
Journal	Digital Government: Research and Practice
Volume	3
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3524064
State	Published - Jul 28 2022

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