The New York Times: Elections Are Bad for Democracy
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Historical Siam had a great method.
There was a royal family, the eldest son was to be king and other sons were sent to a Buddhist monastery to train as a monk.
When things got tense, someone assassinated the crown prince, and the people got a philosopher monk instead.
Win!