In ancient Athens, voting on major legislation (including acts of war and new laws) was conducted using which voting procedure?

a. writing on a broken piece of pottery

b. shouting out their opinions in Assembly

c. tossing a coin into buckets marked "for" or "against"

d. raising their hands for or against proposed legislation

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Amara Welch

6 April, 22:39

In ancient Athens, voting on major legislation (including acts of war and new laws) was conducted using which voting procedure?

a. writing on a broken piece of pottery

b. shouting out their opinions in Assembly

c. tossing a coin into buckets marked "for" or "against"

d. raising their hands for or against proposed legislation

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Cierra Singleton · Answer 1

In ancient Athens, voting on major legislation (including acts of war and new laws) was conducted using " d. raising their hands for or against proposed legislation". Shouting and tossing coins would have been impractical.