AHC: Uncap the US Senate and Democratize it Post-1930

The problem is that, even by the 1930s, democracy had became so strongly connected with elections that choosing representatives by lot is an idea that would have been dismissed as ridiculous.


Though it could come in handy in particular situations. If more than three people got an equal vote for President, or more than two for VP, it might be as good a way as any to decide which names go to the HoR or Senate.
 
Though it could come in handy in particular situations. If more than three people got an equal vote for President, or more than two for VP, it might be as good a way as any to decide which names go to the HoR or Senate.

That's right, and back then it was pretty standard that in case of a draw, the oldest was elected (and in case both had the same age, the lot decided between them). This was the procedure used in French elections under the revolution, and there's still a provision in French electoral law that if two candidates have the same number of votes, the oldest is elected.
 
That's right, and back then it was pretty standard that in case of a draw, the oldest was elected (and in case both had the same age, the lot decided between them). This was the procedure used in French elections under the revolution, and there's still a provision in French electoral law that if two candidates have the same number of votes, the oldest is elected.

So if such a situation arose today, this procedure might be defended as "original intent" if it was what the Framers would have regarded as normal.
 
Shorten the length of a senate term to 2 years and each of the 50 states are effectively a 2 member multi member district like the Washington state senate.
 

samcster94

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Shorten the length of a senate term to 2 years and each of the 50 states are effectively a 2 member multi member district like the Washington state senate.
That is unlikely,but I can see a POD that leads to a 4 year House, which makes midterms less important, as it is now just part of the Senate, and most state governors.
 
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