# Let's debate "plural voting" (Mark Twain's "Curious Republic of Gondour")

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**Created:** [January 3, 2006, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-debate-plural-voting-mark-twains-curious-republic-of-gondour/338275 "2006-01-03T20:39:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![athelas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@athelas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/athelas)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-debate-plural-voting-mark-twains-curious-republic-of-gondour/338275/21 "2006-01-05T22:29:00Z")

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Gondor has stewards, not elected officials.

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**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-debate-plural-voting-mark-twains-curious-republic-of-gondour/338275/22 "2006-01-05T23:09:21Z")

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> [@Steve MB](#):
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> The underlying motivaion is a desire to avoid the bread-and-circuses problem that did in the Roman Republic.

That is **not** what did in the Roman Republic.

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