[rolleiflex]

For someone who doesn’t want to do it, a year is a very long time to come up with ‘serious unforeseen circumstances’.

There is no point in trying to force people to do things - the best way is to change the job in such a way that people will want to take it.

Pay them well, in other words, in money, in prestige, or otherwise.

[pdonis]

> the best way is to change the job in such a way that people will want to take it

This isn't a change, it's what we have now. The problem is that the kind of people that want to take it are not the kind of people you actually want doing it.

[breuleux]

By serious unforeseen circumstances I mean things like getting cancer or being crippled in a freak car accident. Nobody's going to do either of these things just to get out of government duty.

Also, what's important is for the sample to be representative, so it's fine if a very motivated minority gets out of it, as long as it doesn't create a significative bias in the lottery.

But yes, they should be paid handsomely. And as I mentioned in another comment, their debts should be paid in full to make them less vulnerable to bribes.