The Venetian Republic had an interesting solution to that. The initial lottery was just to pick an electoral college, who would would then vote (using approval

The Venetian Republic had an interesting solution to that. The initial lottery was just to pick an electoral college, who would would then vote (using approval voting) on another randomly-selected pool of candidates. This was repeated for several rounds! See http://www.counter-currents.com/2013/06/lot-in-venice/ http://www.counter-currents.com/2013/06/lot-in-venice/ That seems like a pretty clever way to prevent anyone from stacking the deck in advance. Although it was ultimately an oligarchic system, since only the rich ruling class were ever considered for office at any stage.