Re: [OT] Voting schemes

> 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.

You may also want to look at Donald Kingsbury's book _Courtship Rite_