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1 posted on 07/09/2018 12:52:46 AM PDT by Jacquerie
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To: Jacquerie

One man - One Vote gave us CALIFORNIA where the densely populated coastal area has the ONLY voice in state government.

Changing the electoral college will simply mean the two largest populated state will win every election regardless of what the rest want.

Does anyone think the politicians would ever visit small states again in an election - of course not.

Please keep your hands off my Consitution


2 posted on 07/09/2018 3:26:55 AM PDT by CIB-173RDABN (I am not an expert in anything, and my opinion is just that, an opinion. I may be wrong.)
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To: Jacquerie

This perverted interpretation allows big cities to dominate whole states politically even though much/most of the state is contrarily aligned to the city. The Constitution’s guarantee of “a republican form of government” ought to be interpreted as state legislatures being structured in parallel to the federal structure, i.e., a bicameral legislature with one house being based on equal population and the other based on land area. This would balance (the key element of the US Constitution, balance) the interests of urban vs. rural so that neither could dominate. What we have now are city states not too different from ancient times - an all-powerful urban center which completely dominating the surrounding countryside.


3 posted on 07/09/2018 3:37:31 AM PDT by Paine in the Neck ( Socialism consumes EVERYTHING!)
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To: Jacquerie

Thanks for posting. Informative. Educational.


4 posted on 07/09/2018 4:51:01 AM PDT by PGalt
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Fine. Keep OMOV. Except move the districts to a ‘per county’.

The cities will no longer dominate the masses, the State, as a whole, would need to join up together...


5 posted on 07/09/2018 8:36:24 AM PDT by i_robot73 (One could not count the number of *solutions*, if only govt followed\enforced the Constitution.)
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