From 221c79b42fbb28c339b125d65c7d56e0e45f026f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Laura daley Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2019 15:50:21 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update lottery_voting.md --- docs/mediums/lottery_voting.md | 44 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 43 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/mediums/lottery_voting.md b/docs/mediums/lottery_voting.md index ff5dc84..173076c 100644 --- a/docs/mediums/lottery_voting.md +++ b/docs/mediums/lottery_voting.md @@ -1,3 +1,45 @@ # Lottery voting - \ No newline at end of file +Lottery voting is a system that strives to elect a legislature that accurately represents a community. Each citizen casts a ballot and one from each district is randomly drawn from the pool. + +**Input:** voting populace; equally divided districts; equal-value ballots from each voter; candidate tickets + +**Output:** an elected population based on probability + +## Background + +Lottery voting was conceived by Akhil Reed Amar in a 1984 Yale Law Journal article. He followed this with a 1995 piece that classifies the system as a thought experiment and a way to better understand the pros and cons of current voting systems and their democratic mechanisms. + +## Feedback loops + +### Sensitivities + +* Lottery voting has the potential to more fairly represent minority groups; a candidate with only 20% of the votes still has a 20% chance of being chosen randomly +* Every candidate has a feasible chance of winning, which [can lead to greater voter turnout]( https://cedar.wwu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1042&context=wwu_honors) +* It can prevent strategic voting in which an individual votes for someone they don’t support as strongly to prevent another candidate from winning +* Gerrymandering would not be effective nor useful in this system; voting districts would be equal in population and therefore ballots would be equal in representation +* Challenges elected officials staying in office for exorbitant amounts of time, as there is a higher chance that a new candidate will be elected; Amar defines this as a type of built-in term limit + +### Oversights + +* This system is only effective on a large scale with multiple representatives +* The chance of an undesirable candidate getting chosen from the pool is still present +* It can decrease the voting populace’s feelings of political efficacy, or having a direct impact on the outcome + +## Implementations + +### Communities + +Because of its original conception as a thought experiment, lottery voting is not currently implemented in any large-scale democracies. + +### Tools + +Probability tools can be found [online]( https://www.interactive-maths.com/probability-tools-flash.html) and in a variety of [phone applications]( https://apps.apple.com/us/app/probability-tools/id544340525). + +## Further resources + +Amar, A. R. (1995). Lottery Voting: A Thought Experiment. In University of Chicago Legal Forum (Vol. 1995, No. 1, p. 8). + +Amar, A. (1984). Choosing Representatives by Lottery Voting. The Yale Law Journal, 93(7), 1283-1308. doi:10.2307/796258 + +GUERRERO, A. A. (2014). Against elections: The lottocratic alternative. Philosophy & Public Affairs, 42(2), 135-178. doi:10.1111/papa.12029