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		andrekandre on Nov 13, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Case for Abolishing Elections i wouldn't mind sortition as long as there was a way to at least "unelect" the person in the case that someone really turned out bad for whatever reason

pjc50 on Nov 13, 2022 [–]

Note that very few places have this for elected representatives during their term.

The UK recently got one: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn04... - MPs can be recalled if they are jailed. Quite significant as during the Northern Ireland civil war several MPs were political prisoners.

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