The second way in which lot contributed to the cohesion of the
centuriate assemblies was a somewhat different effect on the lower
classes. If the centuries of the higher classes had followed the lead
offered by the gods in the vote of the prerogative century, as usually
happened, the units lower down the census hierarchy did not vote;
however, the fact that the final outcome appeared to flow from a
neutral phenomenon and a supernatural sign must have made that
outcome easier to accept for those who had not been balloted.