Lex Cassia of 194 B.C. - Law for the Election of Provincial Magistrates

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WHEREAS the Senate acknowledges that the process for electing idoneous individuals to the rank of provincial governor has been conducted haphazardly in the past few years;

Be it enacted by the Senate of the Roman Republic in the Curia Hostilia assembled,
I. Idoneous individuals who wish to run for the office of provincial governor in the succeeding consular year can make their candidacy in a period running from Quintilis to December either in person or through a nominated representative.
II. Their candidacy will include, at a minimum, their name, intended provincial governorship and electoral program.
III. The Consuls which take office in the year succeeding the candidacy period will, based on the available candidates and by joint agreement, submit to a vote in the Senate a motion containing their chosen governors.
IV. If no candidates are available for any given province, the Consuls will be required to put forth the name of another idoneous individual.
V. Should the Consuls fail to come to a joint agreement or the Senate vote against the proposal as put forth by the former, an immediate vote will begin on a province-by-province basis where candidates who have made a candidacy and those who names have been put forth by the Consuls under Article IV will be considered.
VI. Should the outcome of Article V produce an electoral tie between any candidate, the Consuls will have the option to break the tie by joint agreement. If the Consul's cannot come to an agreement, the tie will be broken by the Censor, or if not available, the Princeps Senatus.

Written into the annals in the consular year 194BC of Gaius Cassius Vecellinus and Titus Furius Pavo