For example many states require electors for the electoral college to be allocated by law, a partisan legislature may simply appoint electors for their preferred candidates, even if that candidate "loses" the election.
The extent of politicisation of all different aspects of society, from electoral authorities, to courts, to sheriffs and DAs really seems to be a problem unique to America, I'm afraid.
> one member selected by the majority leader of the Iowa State Senate
> one member selected by the majority leader of the Iowa House of Representatives
> one member selected by the minority leader of the Iowa State Senate
>one member selected by the minority leader of the Iowa House of Representatives
>one member selected by the first four members
"Independence" means variations on the Left; the Right can be completely ignored as they are politically powerless—largely due to ~1M Right-leaning voters exiting California for over a decade now.
Clearly there's a huge incentive for corruption by giving legislatures the power to choose their own voters. But those incentives apply to the other branches too.
I'd like to see gerrymandering made moot by representation that is selectable by the voter across geographic boundaries. Each voter chooses their representative, instead of visa versa in a gerrymander. I wonder if a sufficiently independent legislature could do that in a way that is consistent with the Constitution.