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This is how I think it should work. Electors are picked randomly for every election. Lets say 50 for every house seat. They are sequestered like a jury for sev
by corpMaverick 6y ago
This is how I think it should work.
Electors are picked randomly for every election. Lets say 50 for every house seat. They are sequestered like a jury for several days. They listen to every candidate, they (may) deliberate in private, they vote, until they have choice. Then they are dismissed. The chosen candidate holds the seat for three years and votes to choose a head of government.
The advantage is that there are no campaigns, less money involved, less 30 second ads, electors are given the time to focus on every candidate.
- notahacker 6y agoWhy would electors who have spent their entire lives being responsive to campaigns and parties suddenly strip off their partisan blinkers when assessing the red team and blue team candidates? All you're really doing is barring the vast majority of the population from political participation and ensuring close races are determined by lottery rather than actual popularity and differential turnout, which [absent effective voter suppression] is a strictly worse method.