“To the Framers, consent of the governed in the form of a limited right to elect reps to the House comprised a just means to a desired end – free government. The limited franchise is both a right and the means to an end – free government.”
All to help prevent the tyranny of the majority (one man one vote pure “democracy”), and nothing is worse for a republic than the tyranny of a largely uninformed/misinformed politically indoctrinated majority.
This also points toward the pre-17th Amendment Senate.
Having had plenty of experience with popular government, the Framers expected wild, levelling bills from the House of Reps.
Their Senate of the States admirably served its designed purposes; one of which was to stop tyrannical majoritarianism.
Rather than serve as a check on the House, the post-17th Senate is the enabler of majoritarian tyranny. Witness now Chuckie emboldens Nanzi. If we still had a senate of the states, an expansive franchise would present far less of a threat to liberty.
Article V.