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I can hear you all now, another wacky idea from me. Give me a second and listen for a bit though. I have been thinking for a bit and influenced by my readings on Syndicalism and the like and the upcoming elections this was just something I thought about.
In the united states voters not only have to vote on their representatives in the national government but also on state and local elections. having to keep track of all these various things kinda got me thinking, what if we didnt have to?
From my slight readings of Council Democracy under this system there would be a system of tiered elections whereby the people will vote for and elect representatives to a council to manage their workplace and then this council in turn would elect representatives to a district council then these district councils elect representatives to a regional council and so on. Under this systems whereby councils will continuously elect the council above it until you reach the national council which will rule the nation as a whole.
The form this would take in the USA if implemented would probably involve would be voters electing a municipal council to rule over them and then those electing a county council who would then elect a state council who would then elect members of the national council.
I was just thinking could something like this have been implemented in the united states in its formative years, and if it did what effects would it have especially if this were to continue into the modern day? I know that this system only really came into being roughly in the 19th century but the overall idea is more or less sound and feasibly could of been thought of in the time period corresponding with the American Independence War with some tweaks here and there; no instantly revocable delegates for one. I was thinking it could be justified as a check on mob rule perhaps.
Mind you one of the reasons I am asking this question is because I am currently involved in an Rp with some compatriots on another sight. In said Rp I play a country which was formed during the time period and whose leadership and conduct were a little on the radical albeit authoritarian side of things. This is more or less the electoral system I had them adopt in said RP during said formation.