Of course, this list of possible ways and means of authorization and accountability only tells us that, in principle, we could develop theories that would stretch to the domain of self-authorized representatives. It is neither a theory in itself, nor a judgment as to whether or how this emerging domain contributes to democratic representation (cf. Warren 2001, ch. 7; 2003). But one key issue for democratic theory is increasingly clear, even in advance of well-developed theories. In the case of electoral representation, an abstract equality is achieved through the universal franchise. There is no equivalent equality of influence or voice in the nonelectoral domain, where the advantages of education, income, and other unequally distributed resources are more likely to translate into patterns of over- and underrepresentation (Warren 2001, Cain et al. 2003, Strolovitch 2006). The many advantages of self-authorized representation—and they are considerable—may also result in increasingly unequal representation.