It would be almost impossible to find a politician today of any party who did not accept, at least in principle, the notion of "one man, one vote " Slaves and women, of course, could not vote at all, but even among male citizens, the principle of equality was not well established At least the members of the elite thought that "better" people should get a greater voice Cicero claimed as much in the middle of the first century B C E when explaining why group voting produced inequalities "[Servius, who legendanly created the system,] took care that the many (plurimi) should not have the most (plurimum) power, and this is important for any state " At the end of the first century C E Pliny even wanted to apply the same principle to votes of the Senate "This idea [which Pliny...