I think standardized tests are vastly underrated.<p>One of the nice properties of sortition is it combines well with many other forms of selection. However, this seems to ruin the point:<p>&gt;Gathering their &#x27;votes&#x27; demonstrates that you&#x27;re at least interested in the job, and the element of trust is still there (someone trusts you would do a good job, and not doing that would be a betrayal).<p>A big plus of sortition is it does not maximally select for the people most interested in political power. Having to be elected or self-selected in such a fashion would mar this.