and as it had been observed that the assemblies to which the choice of a chief magistrate had been entrusted in elective countries inevitably became the centres of passion and of cabal; that they sometimes usurped an authority which did not belong to them; and that their proceedings, or the uncertainty which resulted from them, were sometimes prolonged so much as to endanger the welfare of the State, it was determined that the electors should all vote upon the same day, without being convoked to the same place.
Eta oharturik zeudenez hautapenezko herrialdeetan gobernu-buruak aukeratzeko ardura zuten batzarrak grina eta azpijokoen biltoki bihurtzen zirela halabeharrez; eta kontuan izanik batzuetan beraiei ez zegozkien ahalmenez jabetzen zirela, eta sarritan haien eragiketak eta ondoriozko zalantza-giroa Estatua arriskuan jartzeko beste luzatzen zirela, hautesle guztiek botoa egun finkatu batean, baina bildurik egon gabe, emango zutela arautu zen.