npub1v2sycpx32th4h4aude3jq4g0kgj0p2t5062059l0fx0vcn8njs8spcmqq5 (npub1v2s…mqq5) How long before the U.S. loses its claim to be a representative democracy? There are so many ways where the will of the people is ignored, either in the Constitution, or by state legislatures:
1. Unrepresentative senate, where CA & WY each have 2 senators, despite CA having 68x the population.
2. Electoral college, where two of the last three GOP presidential victories were popular vote losers (2000 & 2016).
3. Washington D.C. lacks representation on the Senate & House floors.
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4. Gerrymandering, where the political majority creates local & congressional districts to give themselves an outsized majority.
5. When all that is still not enough, do anything possible to restrict voting by limiting ballot drop-off boxes, curbing early & mail-in voting, prohibiting student IDs, voiding ballots from lawful voters based upon technical deficiencies, etc.
CarlG /
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2023-04-28 17:11:04
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