Explanation of the Assembly

I was asked to explain about citizens' voting at the Assembly in Athens. When a quorum was needed to for some important vote, a group of Scythian archers were paid to round up citizens for the vote. They would go to the Agora and stretch a rope around the Agora and herd everyone inside it up to the Pnyx (Assembly). The rope was dyed purple and if any dye got on the cloak of a citizen he was not paid the customary fee for voting. The citizens voted using pebbles.