Detta verkar vara en show-händelse och som sådan är det troligt att det bara är att bygga spänning. Eftersom det här är fallet kommer vi sannolikt inte att kunna hitta orsaken eftersom showen inte riktigt utforskar det utökade materialet och det verkar inte vara adresserat i böckerna. Men i böckerna vinner Jon en landskreds seger så det finns inget behov av en avgörande omröstning om det någonsin hände.
The rest was arrowheads, a torrent of arrowheads, a flood of arrowheads, arrowheads enough to drown the last few stones and shells, and all the copper pennies too.
When the count was done, Jon found himself surrounded. Some clapped him on the back, whilst others bent the knee to him as if he were a lord in truth. Satin, Owen the Oaf, Halder, Toad, Spare Boot, Giant, Mully, Ulmer of the Kingswood, Sweet Donnel Hill, and half a hundred more pressed around him. Dywen clacked his wooden teeth and said, "Gods be good, our Lord Commander's still in swaddling clothes." Iron Emmett said, "I hope this don't mean I can't beat the bloody piss out of you next time we train, my lord." Three-Finger Hobb wanted to know if he'd still be eating with the men, or if he'd want his meals sent up to his solar. Even Bowen Marsh came up to say he would be glad to continue as Lord Steward if that was Lord Snow's wish.
A Storm of Swords, Jon XII
Även i böckerna behöver en man två tredjedelar av rösterna, inte bara för att vinna av en, och tills det händer sker omröstningen kontinuerligt. Detta förhöjer påståendet att detta är en show-händelse så det är osannolikt att vi hittar någon ny information.
Sam, you're a sweet fool, he could hear Jon saying, all the way back to the maester's keep. Open your eyes. It's been happening for days. Could he be right? A man needed the votes of two-thirds of the Sworn Brothers to become the Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, and after nine days and nine votes no one was even close to that.
A Storm of Swords, Samwell IV