Why not have Congressional representatives chosen by lottery?

[jody]

15. I propose that every legal voter pay a modest fee of $10 to have their Social Security number

entered into a congressperson lottery. One number would be chosen to represent each congressional district, about 165,000 voters. From these fees, $500,000 would be given immediately to the lucky winner. The remaining fees, over $1 million, would be set aside to award to the winner based on voter approval of the congressperson's performance.

For example, voters would be asked after the winner has completed their two-year term, 'Do you believe Congressperson Doe did a good job?' If 90 percent answered 'yes,' then the congressperson would receive 90 percent of the lottery fees set aside for this purpose. That should be nearly $1 million. Of course, if only 10 percent answered 'yes,' the congressperson would receive about $110,000.