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Topic	Politics Containment Topic 259: Raucous Caucus Robots
xp1337 01/15/20 10:46:05 PM #105:	Paratroopa1 posted... It's really worth keeping in mind that this is a thing that goes back to slavery, by the way The slave states in the south were none too happy about the idea of their slaves not counting towards the number of electoral votes they received, and fought hard to make sure that non-voting populations counted towards apportionment There is a straight line that can be drawn from this to our current situation of prisoners counting for apportionment but not being able to vote (in most places) Well, yeah, this has been around from the beginning and still is with us in the form of the Electoral College as well as countless instances of district lines and such. And it is, and always has been, a blight upon democratic representation. --- xp1337: Don't you wish there was a spell-checker that told you when you a word out? <cite>xp1337 posted [p:932993675] in Politics C... [t:78332271]...</cite> <quote>Paratroopa1 posted... </cite> <quote>It's really worth keeping in mind that this is a thing that goes back to slavery, by the way The slave states in the south were none too happy about the idea of their slaves not counting towards the number of electoral votes they received, and fought hard to make sure that non-voting populations counted towards apportionment There is a straight line that can be drawn from this to our current situation of prisoners counting for apportionment but not being able to vote (in most places)</quote>Well, yeah, this has been around from the beginning and still is with us in the form of the Electoral College as well as countless instances of district lines and such. And it is, and always has been, a blight upon democratic representation. --- xp1337: Don't you wish there was a spell-checker that told you when you a word out?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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