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		jacques_chester on Dec 16, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The nightmarish SOPA hearings > Perhaps the House of Representatives should be populated like a jury. This is called "sortition". The wikipedia entry is pretty good (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sortition). > Then revert Senate seats to be appointed, not elected, positions. In the US and Australia it used to be the case that Senators were appointed by States.

cpeterso on Dec 16, 2011 [–]

Thanks for the link on sortition.

> > Then revert Senate seats to be appointed, not elected, positions. > In the US and Australia it used to be the case that Senators were appointed by States.

That's why I suggested the seats be "reverted" to appointments.

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