Selective Voices in Deliberative Mini-Publics: Self Selection and Citizens’ Assembly Participation in the US.

Alexandra Cirone’s empirical work on self-selection biases in citizens’ assembly participation, presented at the Stanford Workshop on Democratic Governance and New Technology. The workshop examines how voting and governance systems are being adapted for online platforms, addressing challenges like Sybil attacks and user disengagement. This research explores whether technology enables novel systems like liquid democracy that outperform conventional approaches.