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The mission of the Jefferson Center is to model and promote in-depth deliberative methods which educate and engage citizens in an informed, respectful and powerful way in public policy making.

The Citizens Jury on the Economy and the Federal Debt started May 4

The Citizens Jury on the Economy and the Federal Debt is underway! Go to Current Project for more information, or see the sidebars on the right.

Everyday Citizens. Informed Discussions. Sound Decisions.

Welcome to the Citizens Jury process -- a unique approach to policymaking, used effectively for more than 35 years.

A group of citizens, randomly chosen to represent the entire community, are given enough information and time to have a thoughtful discussion on a difficult public policy question -- an informed voice of the people, offering solutions on issues from election reform to budget priorities.

Welcome to the Jefferson Center.

"I know of no safe depository of the ultimate powers of society but the people themselves. And if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them, but to inform their discretion."

-Thomas Jefferson, 1820

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The Citizens Jury on the Economy and the Federal Debt starts Friday, May 4, and you can observe. See Current Project for more information.

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