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To: SkyDancer

Prohibition was repealed the old-fashioned way: 2/3 of Congress (House and Senate) sending it to the State legislatures where 3/4 of the state legislatures voted for its repeal.


58 posted on 12/12/2008 1:45:55 PM PST by techno
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To: techno

Just returned from some sites ... nowhere does it say the people had any input, ie, voting one way or other ... so it’s up to the state legislators to ratify without the peoples voice ....unless through write-in campaigning ....


59 posted on 12/12/2008 1:52:35 PM PST by SkyDancer ("Talent Without Ambition Is Sad, Ambition Without Talent Is Worse")
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