Re: [OT] Voting schemes

Too practical and requires people to actually become involved.	Not to
mention all the bureaucrats (NGO types, of course) that would be out of
work...

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On Fri, 14 Dec 2001 08:36:19 -0600 "Mark A. Siefert"
<siefertma@wi.rr.com> writes:
>    Personally, I've always been a fan of the Medieval Icelandic form 
>of
>representation.  Each free man can choose the individual who 
>represents them
>in "the thing" and is allowed to change reprehensive on a whim when 
>and if
>that person somehow fails them.  (For a more modern interpretation, 
>read
>Chp. 22 of Heinlein's "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" or the 
>description of
>the Continental Congress from L. Neil Smith's "The Probability 
>Broach.")
>    Under this system, the only way anyone can really be 
>disenfranchised is
>if they don't choose a reprehensive or there is no one that adequately
>represents that individuals beliefs.  What the representative actually
>believes becomes more important than what district they're from or 
>what
>party they belong to.
>
>Later,
>Mark A. Siefert
>

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