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On 2024-10-16, William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com> wrote:More polls asking different questions can be found. If you want to.Chris Buckley wrote:That seems like an insignificant barrier to overcome,On 2024-10-15, William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com> wrote:From the Washington Post, in 2019:Chris Buckley wrote:>On 2024-10-14, William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com> wrote:>Chris Buckley wrote:>On 2024-10-11, William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com> wrote:>Dimensional Traveler wrote:>On 10/10/2024 9:28 AM, William Hyde wrote:>Paul S Person wrote:You can't be disenfranchised if you don't have the ability to vote inI also suspect a new District of Columbia will be established,>
probably in the middle of the country. Nothing like high mountains and
a thousand miles or two of land to make a government feel secure.
Without, one hopes, disenfranchising a million Americans.
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the first place. ;)
As I understand it a number of people in Georgetown and other
settlements in what became DC were rather unhappy with their loss of
voting rights.
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When I lived in DC someone published a few letters from the time as part
of the movement to enfranchise the residents of DC.
The issue in DC has not been about being able to vote for a long time.
It certainly was when I lived there.
>Republicans have been floating plans to enfranchise DC residents for>
decades,
Only plans that will never come to fruition.
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but the local Democrats have been saying "no, we don't wantto vote that much." The Republican plans are to join DC and Maryland>
in some form, perhaps making the remaining DC part of Maryland
Maryland doesn't want them. That's what makes the plan so perfect for
the Republicans. It won't happen but they can say that they are doing
something.
Baloney!
Reality.
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Look it up. It's not popular in Maryland.
Please give your citations.
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"The Post-U. Md. poll finds Marylanders oppose making the District a new
county in their state, a plan called “retrocession,” by 57 percent to 36
percent. There is little variation depending on political party, with
majorities of Democrats, Republicans and independents all opposed."
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Other polls can be found supporting this. It's not hard to find.
publicity in the previous years was about alternatives (the DC statehoodCan Maryland be compelled to take DC back? I'd be very surprised if that were so.
referendum). It's pretty close but especially insignificant when
you consider the polls indicate only 20% support for retrocession
among DC residents. Maryland residents are almost twice as much in
favor of it as DC residents!
I don't understand why you consider Maryland resident support, who don't
get to vote on the issue, is more important than DC resident support, who
do get to vote on the issue.
And note that all of this is about Maryland actually re-annexing DC.That would equally dilute their voting power.
The much more likely proposal (and the one the Republicans keep
suggesting) is for DC residents to be able to vote as Maryland residents,
but otherwise remain separate.
As above, I'd be interested in the legal basis for this. They were not asked to approve when the district was formed.>??? It can't be done without the citizens of DC approving>>First, both DC and Maryland are heavily Democratic;>
Quite irrelevant.
The issue is an intensely political issue.
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If we can't rise above politics on an issue of fundamental rights, what
are we?
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To make my position clear:
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Reunion with Maryland would be fair. Whether or not the citizens of DC
want it, it can be done.
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