Re: 'Imperial Culture' (non-canonista)
Household Vote: a method of voting in some Sword World states where you vote by household rather than individuals. Each individual with the franchise in the electorate counts as a "household" and gets one vote. Heads of families vote the votes of all members including spouses and children up to two generations. Note the fact of a family head gaining an extra vote for membership in the family does not nullify that individuals vote. For instance a couple with three adult children will have one vote for each child, the wife (assuming female franchise which is not always the case in the Sword Worlds) and the husband and the family head will cast five votes.
As the family head is usually the father or grandfather the effect is to reinforce patriarchal rule. That is only a secondary effect. The real purpose is to reinforce gerontocratic rule. As Sword Worlders set great store by tradition, organizing the electoral system to reinforce that is often considered an advantage in Sword World states that account themselves as republics.
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Last edited by jason taylor; 10-29-2022 at 09:54 AM.
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