The best voters are the informed voters. Based on this insight, epistocracy is a form of government where political power is distributed based on knowledge.
Jason Brennan proposes multiple ways in which this could be done. One way is for a voter to answer a series of questions about the desired outcome and questions about the topic at hand. The questions being picked by a random group of 500 citizens. This method could be used to pick policies or politicians.
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