sovay: (Sovay: David Owen)
sovay ([personal profile] sovay) wrote 2018-06-03 08:09 pm (UTC)

This made me think of the Romans voting in tribes and centuries before they introduced secret ballots, too.

It's entirely possible the link is there. The founding of this country was ridiculously neoclassical.

It sounds like it would have been fascinating to witness, and still more be a part of.

My entire experience of voting until last summer was secret ballots and paper all the way. At least at this level, it really appears to be all about public shouting. I find it oddly wonderful. At some point I should try to figure out how these two systems came to coexist and what the rest of the U.S. looks like when it comes to voting, but right now I think I'm just enjoying that last spring I talked for two minutes about ethics and vegetables in a high school cafeteria and yesterday I had an effect on the political future of my state. It feels totally amateur. I am endeavoring to use it for good.

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