Selecting Leaders, Illustration

This table provides a visual description of the Active Democracy (or Troika) method of selecting public officials. It uses the 2004 voting-eligible population of New Jersey reported by Dr. Michael McDonald, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA.

At about the seventh level, unselected candidates may enter a secondary process for selection to positions in municipal, county, state and federal governments.

Level 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) 9) 10) 11)

Electors 5,637,378 1,879,126 626,375 208,791 69,597 23,199 7,733 2,577 859 286 95

Selected 1,879,126 626,375 208,791 69,597 23,199 7,733 2,577 859 286 95 31

Unselected 3,758,252 1,252,751 417,584 139,194 46,398 15,466 5,156 1,718 573 191 64

CONCLUSION
The idea presented here will be considered radical. It bears little chance of adoption because it protects no vested interest. The only way such a process will ever be adopted is if the concept can be made a topic of discussion, particularly among students interested in achieving a righteous government.