How would you figure that working? With the way districts and Grand Lodges work I've got a hard time seeing how moving investigations further up the chain would make them more efficient. Unless you're referring to background checks of course?
I meant the other sentence to be a "part" of this idea.
"We have to post the name of the person in the Lodge's trestle board for 28 days. It should be the district now."
Lodges are closer together now in the sense of driving time. So as that goes, the character of man travels farther.
So, if I see someone petitioning a lodge in my district who I know to be a habitual liar, I could then pass the info to my WM and he to the district deputy GM to get in touch with the lodge and let them know.
Yes, it is more red tape, but there are 28 days at the minimum that a potential candidate has to wait.