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2007-03-29
More sortition
2007-03-29 12:39The infotech of Athenian democracy (new link)
And from here:
Application to presidential and judicial selection: combine election and sortition in stages, as did Venice. Sortition of electors who then pick the President, or nomination by states or election of various candidates, from whom the final winner is drawn. The appeal of spending vast sums is lessened, since there's no guarantee of victory. And you get, hopefully, some screening of kooks.
Similarly, lottery voting for legislatures (PDF). Votes cast their votes for representatives, but the actual representative is selected by lot from the ballots. So if you get 60% of the vote, you have a 60% chance of winning.
And from here:
Application to presidential and judicial selection: combine election and sortition in stages, as did Venice. Sortition of electors who then pick the President, or nomination by states or election of various candidates, from whom the final winner is drawn. The appeal of spending vast sums is lessened, since there's no guarantee of victory. And you get, hopefully, some screening of kooks.
Similarly, lottery voting for legislatures (PDF). Votes cast their votes for representatives, but the actual representative is selected by lot from the ballots. So if you get 60% of the vote, you have a 60% chance of winning.