Voting by Louse

The lice selected the mayor in Hurdenburg, Sweden, in the Middle Ages. "The persons eligible sat around a table, with their heads bowed forward, their beards resting on the table. A louse was then put in the middle of the table. The one into whose beard the louse first adventured was mayor for the ensuing year." I read this passage in Rats, Lice, and History, by Hans Zinsser (pg. 184). Obviously this method left women out of the running, so maybe we could modify it to allow female "persons eligible" to put their hair on the table, so it would have to be at least as long as Sarah Palin's.
Just think: partisanship would be rendered obsolete.