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Why have scheduled elections? Maybe a way to ensure direct representation is to give each voter the right to pick her representative, and anybody who currently
by pklausler 8y ago
Why have scheduled elections? Maybe a way to ensure direct representation is to give each voter the right to pick her representative, and anybody who currently has at least N votes gets into parliament and stays there as long as they maintain N voters, who can switch at any time.
- geezerjay 8y agoThat sounds like Jack Welsh'approach to work force management: fire the lowest performing 10% every year and replace them with new hires.
- maxxxxx 8y agoThat works for a while and but after the first few cycles the really bad performers are gone and you have to play games to have something you can fire next time.
- pklausler 8y agoA refinement of this idea: every voter gets to vote once for one candidate on their birthday. Any candidate with >=N unexpired votes maintains a seat.