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Election Reform

Jerry2144

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2. Not until we change the Constitution

Reply to kacekwl (Original post)

Thu Oct 10, 2024, 08:35 AM

Oct 2024

It was a compromise to get the slave states to agree. Just like the second amendment and the make up of the Senate.

It is time to redo the constitution. But we can’t do it until we cure the cancer of the Confederacy that has infected the Republiklan Party

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I think everyone needs to vote but [View all] kacekwl Oct 2024 OP

Preaching to the choir. Ferrets are Cool Oct 2024 #1

Not until we change the Constitution Jerry2144 Oct 2024 #2

If the number of seats in the House expanded Jerry2144 Oct 2024 #6

Yep. "It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing". Mister Ed Oct 2024 #3

Popular vote compact Voltaire2 Oct 2024 #4

Good information. kacekwl Oct 2024 #5

Fixing the House size can help too Jerry2144 Oct 2024 #7

Yeah, the House ought to go back to something much closer to 30,000 people per representative. Voltaire2 Oct 2024 #8