a very-out-of-the-box idea i wanted to float is a weighted universal legislature.
at each election, citisens would write-in a ranked list of candidates, and the votes in the legislature would be weighted accordingly.
some examples:
- if everyone wrote in themselves, with no lower preferences, the result would be equivalent to a normal universal legislature.
- if the results were like this:
and all three people voted on a bill, cinyc's and truman's votes would count for 3 each and rgn's would count for 1. but if rgn didn't vote, truman's vote would count for 4, and so on.
the advantage of such a system is that activity requirements are unnecessary and that a balance can be struck between citisen involvement and not overburdening uninterested citisens.
