When, on the other hand, the comitia tributa elected magistrates,
all tribes voted simultaneously, so there was no need to determine
which tribe should vote first. However, lot was used to decide
which tribe's vote should be counted first. A candidate was declared
elected as soon as he had obtained eighteen votes: the count was
then stopped. As it happened, certain peculiarities of the voting
procedure meant that the order of counting was not unimportant: it
could lead to declaring the election of a candidate who, if all the
votes had been counted, would have obtained fewer votes than
another. Here again, the religious quality of the lot, as well as its
neutrality, played a part, helping to make the result acceptable to
those whose votes had not been counted.
When, on the other hand, the comitia tributa elected magistrates,
all tribes voted simultaneously, so there was no need to determine
which tribe should vote first. However, lot was used to decide
which tribe's vote should be counted first. A candidate was declared
elected as soon as he had obtained eighteen votes: the count was
then stopped. As it happened, certain peculiarities of the voting
procedure meant that the order of counting was not unimportant: it
could lead to declaring the election of a candidate who, if all the
votes had been counted, would have obtained fewer votes than
another. Here again, the religious quality of the lot, as well as its
neutrality, played a part, helping to make the result acceptable to
those whose votes had not been counted.
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