Since this is doing so well over there, now over here: The Venetian method for electing a Doge was literally insane, or genius

I feel like the forty could pick the doge and that would work.

Okay maybe the electoral college isn't the MOST ass backwards system but it still sucks

That would make for some exciting TV.

Madness. Adds a whole new meaning to going doge-ing.

I suppose that thinking is the child of living on an island; but that means all the inhabitants of Manhattan are either insane or brilliant, and one walk down 52nd Street will hastily confirm the former.

I really like the idea of choosing a committee by lot who then choose the voters. Cycling through this process more than once doesn’t seem to add much. On a side point - is it always acceptable to misread “doge” as “dog” when learning Venetian history?

My favorite thing in this is that they changed the final number of electors from 40 to 41 to prevent a tie, but then set the minimum threshold to 25 anyway, like, *just to be safe*

Extraordinary. What book is this from?