Lexington's Groundbreaking Civic Assembly

In this episode, Expand Democracy's Rob Richie talks with CivicLex deputy director Kit Anderson about Lexington, Kentucky's well-funded pilot of a lottery-selected civic assembly, which produced three charter amendments headed to voters on November 3rd. Kit shares what the experience reveals about the promise and challenges of scaling citizen assemblies, from earning public trust to tackling issues that elected officials struggle to address on their own. Check out our work at expanddemocracy.org and our musings on Substack.