Day: December 2, 2023

  • The origins of electoral symbols

    Within the Sixties, archaeologists made a exceptional discovery in a landfill in Athens. They discovered a heap of about 8,500 ballots, doubtless from a vote tallied in 471 BC. Manufactured from terracotta, the ballots or ‘Ostraca’ had names written on them. Every shard was scrawled with the identify of a candidate the voter needed to…