[He pauses to chew over the information he's been given. Such a system does sound reasonable on paper, but Sven is having difficulty--or rather, is straight up resisting--trusting anything to do with the council at face value.]

Democratically voted groups are not immune to collusion. [He'd trusted the leaders of his church, and look how that panned out for everybody.] Yes, I'm new. I didn't vote for this council, I don't know half of you, and yet I'm expected to trust you? If space logistics are such an issue and you really, truly cannot make it work, why not open the floor for a limited number of spectators to invite themselves on a public, first-come basis?