Author: Terrill Bouricius, David Schecter, Campbell Wallace, and John Gastil
Terrill Bouricius is a former member of the Vermont House of Representatives. David Schecter is an independent democracy researcher and activist. Campbell Wallace is an author and political theorist. John Gastil directs the McCourtney Institute for Democracy at Pennsylvania State University.
Legislatures, and the elections that populate them, have so many flaws that we might be better off picking our representatives at random. Before you chuckle,