Group 1 Voting

"Let us start with group one then. Please could everyone who is in Group one please stand beside your work as we walk around to survey them all."Prince Andrew asks.

Together, Lin Ke, Lia, Prince Andrew, Karit, and Firan walked around the table and headed towards where group 1 stood. As they walked over, servants handed them each a single slip of paper. 

Lin Ke looked at the servant questioningly. Seeing the confused expression on Lin Ke's face, the servant answers. "Young Sir, this is for you to write your vote on. Then we will collect the papers to tally the votes."

Lin Ke wasn't sure why they needed such a roundabout way to report the choices. Couldn't they just say their vote out loud? Why was there a need for such a step? However, if that was what was going to happen then Lin Ke wasn't going to say anything.