To the electoral policy nerds, that method is known as sortition: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sortition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sortition a.k.a. selecti

To the electoral policy nerds, that method is known as sortition: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sortition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sortition a.k.a. selection by lots. It has consistently had its advocates over the centuries. I too feel it's underrated as a method. Plato was basically right all those years ago; those who actively seek power generally don't deserve it. I seriously wonder if we'd be better off with a legislature selected of random citizens, and an executive council selected the same way. It did work for the Ancient Athenians for some 300+ years. Democracy in ancient Greece meant selection by lottery and most offices in the Athenian democracy were picked that way. Following selection there was a public interview during which any citizen could pose questions and the candidate could at that point be disqualified for a legally established reason by a vote of the previously-elected archons. (The main exception was military generals, who were elected by popular vote. Competence and respect were considered more important than incorruptibility for that particular office.)