Because individual voters have so little influence on election outcomes, it is NOT rational for them to spend the time necessary to become informed. This fundamental free rider problem cannot be addressed by any election reform. But sortition can reduce the burden of becoming informed - and make the effort worthwhile for individuals - by giving representative random samples of the people short turns making public decisions.
Terry Bouricius is a former legislator and election reform policy analyst who advocates for replacing elections with sortition: short-term, representative random samples of everyday people, empowered to bypass politicians and decide political issues themselves after cross-examining experts and deliberating together.
You can download Terry’s landmark book, Democracy Without Politicians for free at https://democracywithoutpoliticians.org/
To contact Terry, get updates on him, or review his other works, check out https://terrybouricius.com/
To join the sortition movement in the United States, become a member at https://sortitionusa.org/members
