Sujet : Re: The Joy Of Democracy
De : ldo (at) *nospam* nz.invalid (Lawrence D'Oliveiro)
Groupes : comp.os.linux.advocacyDate : 24. Oct 2024, 23:54:27
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On 23 Oct 2024 19:46:30 GMT, rbowman wrote:
Do you know how the Electoral College is formed?
I know about the “Three-Fifths Compromise”. That allowed the
slave-owning states to get more say in the election of the President
augmented to some extent by their slave population, without those
slaves getting any actual votes. Clever, don’t you think?
Washington DC gets 3 votes despite not being a state.
I wonder why there is so much opposition to it becoming a state ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_of_Columbia_Voting_Rights_Amendment>