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the controlled riot where millions pick their next disappointment with a pencil
means A formal process in which people choose someone for a position—usually political office—by casting votes.
from From Latin 'electio,' meaning a choosing or selection, built from 'eligere' (to pick out, choose), which combines 'e-' (out) with 'legere' (to gather, pick, read). The same 'legere' gives us 'select,' 'elite,' and 'elegant'—all about things picked out from the pile. It entered English via Old French 'election' in the medieval period, when 'choosing' was as likely to mean a bishop or a guild master as a king.
- Roman roots
- Ancient Rome bribed voters with bread and circuses, literally
- Secret ballot
- Australia pioneered private voting; called the Australian ballot
- Coin flips
- Some US tied races are legally decided by chance
- Voting age
- Most democracies set it at eighteen, not by accident
- Donkey vote
- Australians fined for not voting often pick randomly
for instance
brexit referendum 2016 — 52% of uk voters chose to leave the european union in a historic referendum