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To: Pearls Before Swine

There was no such thing as 3/5 of a vote, ever. There was a provision that slave states could only count 3/5 of their inhabitants for purposes of seats in congress. The logic being, you don’t get allocated extra seats for people whom you are holding against their will.


17 posted on 09/11/2012 2:49:01 PM PDT by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
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To: DesertRhino
There was no such thing as 3/5 of a vote, ever. There was a provision that slave states could only count 3/5 of their inhabitants for purposes of seats in congress.

Yeah, I know. Did I forget the /S?

19 posted on 09/11/2012 2:54:13 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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