50 = 1 per state (FPTP, IRV or round-robin)
& the other 50 = Your main options:
A - proportional representation election
B - chose all by lottery from the whole US 18+ population
C/D/E - chose by special interselection events, in which all who attend are candidates & voters with 10,9,8,... points each.
C - one event in each of the 50 biggest cities
D - one event for each of the 50 biggest professions + 1 for the rest
E - ten each chosen by whites, blacks, hispanics, native americans, all others
F - chose 50 by best school+uni+iq+special exam marks
G - ten 1-point votes each, the top 50 get in
H - 1 seat per top 15 Native American nation, 20 for other ethnicities, 15 for big states' 2nd seats or best losers
I - a special system in which Whites & Others vote among own AND each other's added up 50%+50% (encourages cooperation & appealing to both sides)
J - abolish second chamber altogether
K - a combination of systems, altered over time by having median % referenda
2007-03-05
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