 Permalink for comment 488548 RE[7]: Human mess by Alfman on Mon
5th Sep 2011 17:24 UTC in reply to "RE[6]: Human mess" Member
since:   "In Sweden, I have met someone who advocated random
elections. People are picked randomly in the ID database and
designated as part-time leaders of the country. To address
things which they don't know, they refer to a public institution
of people who work in the field."  Interesting, however I
dislike the fact that this system would not be democratic
either.  I've proposed some ideas in the past myself.  1. Rank
voting, to address the problem when people end up voting for the
candidates most likely to win, rather than those they actually
want to win. This one is a no-brainer, but would severely weaken
the democratic and republican parties such that I doubt there is
sufficient incentive among politicians to fix the problem.  2.
Revolving door vote. Instead of voting at distant intervals, a
public vote could be recorded for each voter until the person
dies or casts a new vote.