Selection & Removal
It is not the job of the candidate to win. His job is
to BE the best candidate. Electing the best candidate is
the job of the people. We have to let the people do their
job, and if they fail to do it well, we will all pay the
price together. — Jon Roland, to a discouraged campaign worker, after losing his campaign for Congress, 1974 |
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The main methods for selecting officials are:
- Election — By vote, either by the people or some subset of them.
- Sortition — By lot, the way juries are selected.
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Fetura — Alternating random selection and fitness
screening, the same method used in genetic or evolutionary
algorithms.
- Appointment — Selection by other officials, also called cooptation, especially when a body appoints its own members.
- Examination — Use of a procedure to rank or reject contenders, often in conjunction with other methods.
- Rotation — Each of several persons takes turn filling an office. Usually done under one of the first three.
- Seniority — Usually a method of promotion within a department or branch.
- Conquest — Surrender to a powerful individual or group, usually but not necessarily through violence.
- Inheritance — Method characteristic of monarchical or aristocratic systems.
- Purchase — Usually a corrupt mode of appointment, it could be made legal.
- Infiltration — Placement by subversive means, or by influence of a special interest group.
The main methods of removing officials are:
- Expiration of term
- Non-retention
- Termination by superior
- Impeachment and removal
- Resignation
- Death
- Disability
During the late 20th century the word "liberal" came to
mean someone whose copy of the Bill of Rights was missing
the Second and Tenth Amendments, and the word
"conservative" someone whose copy was missing the First
and the Ninth. — Jon Roland, May, 1994 |
Selection Alternatives and Reform
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Approaches to Electoral Reform
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Voting Theory and Reform
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The Fetura or Sortition Option — Articles and links on this method.
Vote rigging
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Votescam, by James & Kenneth Collier — Report of investigation of vote fraud in the United States. Guide for how to conduct such investigations.
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Citizens for Leaders with Ethics & Accountability Now! (CLEAN) — Investigate vote fraud. Have online photographic evidence of ballot altering.
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Citizens For A Fair Vote Count (CFVC) — Clearing house for vote fraud investigations.
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Voting Integrity Project — Seeks reforms of the electoral process.
Those who cast the votes decide nothing. Those who count
the votes decide everything. — Attributed to Josef Stalin |
Campaign financing and disclosure
- Enforcement
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Resistance
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Californians Against Corruption Defense Fund — Oppose what they claim is corrupt abuse of California PRA. [cache of inactive site]
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RealCampaignReform.org — Opposes legislation to limit campaign contributions and require disclosure of contributors.
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Real Campaign Finance Reform, by Jon Roland — Article: Mar. 24, 2001
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Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and
you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is
never lost. — John Quincy Adams |
Participation
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Ballot Access News — Reports on the adventures of those trying to get candidates and measures on ballots in every state.
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Electorama — Extensive collection of documents and links on election reform.
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Coalition for Non-partisan Redistricting.
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Proposal for redistricting plans in Texas — Would make use of existing computer programs to draw districts without regard for ethnicity or voting history.
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Redistricting Software — Used to draw district boundaries. Can be used to make districts that do not take into account voting patterns of the interests of incumbents.
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Fixing the Reapportionment Mess, by Bill Blomberg, Dec. 7, 2000 — Calls for drawing electoral districts using impartial computer programs.
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DrawCongress.org — Class project at Columbia University using Maptitude, 2011.
- V Demo of Texas congressional redistricting. Video interview of staff of the Redistricting Division of the Texas Legislative Council, May 16, 2003, and aired on public access cable May 17, 2003. Higher-res version. You will need the latest version of RealPlayer to view it, and a high-bandwidth connection to the Internet.
Removal
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Impeachment — One of the methods of removal prescribed by the U.S. Constitution for the president and other high officials.
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Original URL: //www.constitution.org/cs_elect.htm Maintained: Jon Roland of the Constitution Society Original date: 1995/9/25 — |
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