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Presidents are selected, not elected - FDR
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I understand the point of view but could you imagine a “write the name of the person who should be president here _____ “ system would work? I would feel so bad for ballot counters in that race.
They could have some minimum requirement that you have to register to be in the running so that you can’t just vote for your friends for the hell of it. I’m guessing this process was originally omitted to avoid that registration process being weaponized, but it doesn’t seem like this result is much better.
These rules already exist for many or all state elections, it's entirely feasible.
And a STAR Vote would even allow for these requirements to be quite lax, and you would still always elect a highly preferred candidate every time. Parties aren't needed, they just need our complacence.
Honestly every single day the idea of sortition seems a little bit more reasonable.