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To: TBP

For the purposes of apportionment but not for voting.


44 posted on 05/04/2021 8:21:54 PM PDT by Meatspace
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To: Meatspace

Moving the goalposts.


54 posted on 05/04/2021 8:48:04 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Meatspace
For the purposes of apportionment but not for voting.

Women couldn't vote back then, and neither could children, but both were counted for the purpose of apportionment. For that matter, non land owning white men couldn't vote either.

In those days, you had to own land to be able to vote.

69 posted on 05/04/2021 9:41:28 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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