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I see the appeal of sortition, and I'd like to see it tried. My biggest concern is that, in any transition to election-by-lot, the chosen representatives are a
by sevensor 10y ago
I see the appeal of sortition, and I'd like to see it tried. My biggest concern is that, in any transition to election-by-lot, the chosen representatives are at a disadvantage compared to the lobbyists and the national bureaucracy. I worry that these entrenched interests would find it very easy to manipulate representatives who have much less policy experience than they do.
- tremon 10y agoI don't want sortition to replace our two-house electoral system. But I would like to see more regular people involved in politics. Maybe we could replace a part of the parliament seats with "public" seats (i.e. have 30% of the lower house filled with a sortition-based draft)? Doing it this way means that you can still guarantee a continuity of government, and replace the sortition seats every six months (maybe with voluntary term extension). You'd not replace general electoral voting, but the article doesn't make a strong case that it's really broken anyway.