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2008-12-23 -Lurid Crime Tales-

NY State Senator-elect slashes girlfriend in "volcanic rage"

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Posted by Mike 2008-12-23 09:27|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Okay - I been trashed for saying it before .. but here it goes..
I believe pure random chance will give us a better quality of individual in government than the TRASH that currently get elected!

I REPEAT RANDOM IS BETTER!

So... it is time to try out my scheme...
Make elected office like jury duty...
It's a citizen's duty if randomly chosen and elected. He/She can not turn it down...

Now here is my scheme:
1) for each elected office a set of random individuals is chosen by lottery of the registered voters within the appropriate pool. (elected area). In the case of professional like judges or engineers it could be electronically winnowed down within that pool.

2) The voters will be presented 1 week prior to the election the particulars of each voter (resume, job history, crime history, credit situation etc..) Then the vote as a preference.
1 2 3 4 etc...

3) None of the candidates will ever be in the pool for that position again.

4) Preference voting rules will then choose the unluck target.

5) There will be no electioneering

6) There will be no right of refusal unless they are on their death bed.

On the average this should give us a better quality of elected office holder.

/RANT

Posted by 3dc 2008-12-23 10:56|| 2008-12-23 10:56|| Front Page Top

#2 My idea is simple. You get one vote for every dollar you paid in income tax. Pay a lot vote a lot or don't pay anything and get no vote.

Posted by BrerRabbit 2008-12-23 11:12|| 2008-12-23 11:12|| Front Page Top

#3 Walt.... Ima got a certain sympathy with your viewpoint.... 1st 100 folks in the New York Phone book? Was it Buckley? Was it New York?

Could we do worse?

Posted by .5MT 2008-12-23 11:56|| www.cybernations.net]">[www.cybernations.net] 2008-12-23 11:56|| Front Page Top

#4 BrerRabbit - the Supremes dissed your approximate solution. The close one was own property to vote. That's gone....

Posted by 3dc 2008-12-23 13:01|| 2008-12-23 13:01|| Front Page Top

#5 The fact that a man's business card was enough to cause this really speaks to this guy's fitness for public office.

Does conviction for this offence prevent him from taking his seat in the Senate? Or are we stuck in a situation like Blago where the criminal stays in office?

Al

Posted by Frozen Al 2008-12-23 13:19|| 2008-12-23 13:19|| Front Page Top

#6 I know 3dc. But can't I dream?

Posted by BrerRabbit 2008-12-23 13:28|| 2008-12-23 13:28|| Front Page Top

#7 Yeah...

Posted by 3dc 2008-12-23 13:41|| 2008-12-23 13:41|| Front Page Top

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