I understand your concern over many people lacking a voice under such a system. However, selecting people at random necessarily leads to average people deciding directly. You likely will never be selected, but someone like you will invariably get on a board.

The real problem is how hard it is for an average person to run for office. Do you have extra money laying around for campaign funds? Most people cannot self fund, thus they need donors. Holding office is for poor and middle class folks as well. Many people could never run as they cannot afford to miss work. That to me is undemocratic. This bypasses all of that.

I concur; referendums are a good tool, and some items should come with a required vote.

Why are you assuming this is AI generated or mostly AI generated?

The point is that with a large electorate many people do not vote and are rationally ignorant. One vote very rarely is what changes an election outcome.

In addition, there is a coordination problem with a large electorate. Only two or a few options can be seriously considered. Say there are three candidates in a race: A, B, C. Some want candidate C, but they are a third party. Thus, if C voters prefer B to A they can end up with A elected as C siphons off votes. This enforces two-party dominance.

With a sortition board, they avoid the all of that as they can deliberate until a choice is reached.

No, this was not written by AI; I wrote it myself. The purpose of the sortition board is to simulate an election, but have a small enough group as to not fall victim to the spoiler effect and rational ignorance. This acts as a filter to ensure that the person selected has at least some support. This maintains representative democracy.

I am aware that "troll" is in my username, but I was not trolling here, and I have not trolled at all on this website. My username can be whatever I like as long as it isn't obscene, and "toll" is not offensive.

Please refrain from aggression. I am simply trying to enjoy this as a Reddit alternative. Have a good day.

Android Auto did take some setup for me, but it works just fine. It is not too much of a hassle to setup if it is installed through the GrapheneOS store. I did have to return to stock Android for a time as I could not get the GPS to work properly, but it worked for the longest time at first, and it has been working working just fine for a while now. I use Ally, DIscover, and American Express for my banking and credit card needs, and I have never even had the slightest amount of trouble doing so. My app for work has never been a problem, nor has any app ever been a problem besides Android Auto at first. I do not even use the Google Play Store; I use the Aurora Store and F-Droid.

I had this exact same problem, so I purchased the Yubikey security key. My biggest gripe is how Duo prevents me from factory resetting my phone as it is tied to my device unlike email, SMS, or the passwords I use. It is such a hassle that I had to call the IT help desk to reset Duo instead of being able to do it myself. My work account out of the blue started requiring it, so I was caught flat footed. In addition, my state university also requires a security key.