Politics boring? Well, you don’t know how lucky you are. In America, you have a choice.  No so much in ancient Athens.  This is an ancient Greek kleroterion. When it came time for choose people to the run the city, basically the bureaucrats, 500 names were chosen at random. This Council of 500 (boule) served for year.  Each individual – only free men who had completed their military training – put a token (pinakia) in a slot in one of the vertical set of holes. Each tribe had its own vertical set of holes. Then wooden cover was placed over the kleroterion and air blown inside with colored tokens. When a token landed in one of the slots, that person was selected for the next round of random selection. The process went on until all eligible citizens had a chance of selection. Whether you followed politics or had your head in the sand, you might be selected to run the city of Athens for year! https://bit.ly/2RsZ6N1, https://www.authormasterminds.com/steve-levi