The SMH notes, a touch condescendingly, some recent council elections in small electorates where votes were tied have been decided by Sortition.
There is some question in this case over whether some postal votes went missing due to corruption. If this is the case it should of course be rooted out. But sortition itself is an ancient democratic technique with a proud history, and one which all republics should look to as a mechanism for representative government. It is a means of binding the tyranny of the majority without using a self-perpetuating hereditary or factional elite; and a celebration of government by the people.
