Pompieus 20 Report post Posted March 22, 2018 When voting in the Centuriate Assembly to elect consuls, did the individual Roman citizen vote for a single candidate, or did he vote for two (one for each of the two consulships)? Similarly for the four/six/eight praetors? Is there evidence? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
caldrail 152 Report post Posted April 3, 2018 There's no certainty but we know that a candidate was selected when he achieved a 50% vote, so in other words, it was 'first past the post' and if necessary a second vote was called to select a second vacancy. It might well be, for practical purposes, that voting for consulships were separate anyway. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pompieus 20 Report post Posted April 3, 2018 I can't find anything definitive in primary or secondary sources either. Livy (26.22, 27.6) indicates that each century announced two winners, but nowhere does anybody say whether individual voters submitted one name or two. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
caldrail 152 Report post Posted April 4, 2018 Roman voting did not work as modern versions generally do. They worked on the principle that a small vote was taken, the result carried forward to a higher level as a block vote. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites