Deliberation Day

Deliberation Day is a proposed holiday to promote the use of deliberative democracy, and would supplement or replace Presidents' Day in the United States. The proposal for the holiday was formulated by American legal scholar Bruce Ackerman and political scientist James Fishkin, who laid out the rationale for their proposal in their 2005 book, Deliberation Day. On Deliberation Day, all registered voters would be invited to participate in public community discussions about the upcoming elections, and would be given financial compensation for their involvement in order to encourage the participation of those who are less interested in politics.

Reception
Writer and activist Naomi Wolf endorsed the idea in 2008, citing studies that describe 3 of every 4 participants finding their deliberative experience very valuable.