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Re:Most Americans support using the popular vote to decide U... by rdl on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @08:45AM (#32410985)
I think sortition is superior to election for most offices, especially those which should be relatively proscribed in what they do, not requiring exceptional competence, etc.

I'd almost certainly prefer a mechanically determined pool (say, all Walmart store general managers as of 2020 who are natural-born citizens, >35, not felons, etc), and then randomly pick the President from that pool. Maybe let people use negative voting to eliminate 10-50% of the pool first.

Re:Most Americans support using the popular vote to decide U... by orzig on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @10:06AM (#32412186)
I actually really love that idea. Thanks for expanding my mind about what is possible, maybe I can find a way to use it in human systems I do control