Download This PaperAcclamation Voting in Sparta: An Early Use of Approval Voting
Charles Girard. Acclamation Voting in Sparta: An Early Use of Approval Voting. J.-F. Laslier et R. Sanver (dir.), Handbook on approval voting, Heidelberg, Springer, 2010, p. 15-18., 2010.
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Date Written: 2010
Abstract
An early form of approval voting was arguably used in Ancient Greece, as is described in Plutarch’s account of the elections to the Gerousia, Sparta’s Council of Elders.
Keywords: Approval Voting, Acclamation Voting, Sparta, Aristotle
JEL Classification: B11
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Girard, Charles, Acclamation Voting in Sparta: An Early Use of Approval Voting (2010). Charles Girard. Acclamation Voting in Sparta: An Early Use of Approval Voting. J.-F. Laslier et R. Sanver (dir.), Handbook on approval voting, Heidelberg, Springer, 2010, p. 15-18., 2010., Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3788220 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3788220
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