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gotchacovered
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 Posted - 05/28/2012 : 9:24:59 PM
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I haven't fully researched this, but I have a question for folks here to ponder. Since the Constitution only gives states the right to take votes for electors, thereafter present electors, and ultimately cast electoral votes for President, with no mention of DC, isn't it a violation of the Constitution to treat DC as a state in the elections, giving it 3 electoral votes, when it is not actually a state?
Gotcha Covered,
Lee Strickland
Strickland Marine Insurance Agency, Inc.
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gotchacovered
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Posted - 05/28/2012 : 9:34:51 PM
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The answer is the 23rd Ammendment of 1961. Yep, until 1961, DC didn't vote for President. Ever since, they've had the right to do it, and they've voted for Democrats every single time. Guess who ruled Congress in 1961, and guess which states ratified the Ammendment versus those who did not. Take a wild guess.
Congress was dominated by a large Democrat majority at the time. All northern states ratified. The states who never ratified it were South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Mississippi, Alabama, and Louisana. Alabama ratified it after it was enacted, and Arkansas outright rejected it.
Gotcha Covered,
Lee Strickland
Strickland Marine Insurance Agency, Inc.
https://stricklandmarine.net
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alabamafan2
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Posted - 05/30/2012 : 9:41:28 PM
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Reelly Old
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Posted - 05/30/2012 : 11:52:00 PM
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They might endanger their government stipends if too many 'Representation Without Taxation' stickers started showing up ...  |
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Constitution Versus Elections?
