On Mon, 24 Aug 2009, Sandy Harris wrote:
> > I suggest that all US senators and representatives should be picked at
> > random among the adult population. Like jury duty. ... ... PS: I don't
> > recommend this for the US presidency because the variance is too high.
>
> What about for the Electoral College?
Indeed. One of the comments at the site suggested the solution would be to abolish the presidency and have the sortition-selected congress elect a prime minister from among their number.
Michael