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Repeal universal sufferage. Let the states and only the states decide who can and cannot vote.

Repeal the 17th Amendment.

With those two changes, we'd be back on track to having the Republic that our founders envisioned.

30 posted on 11/02/2012 9:35:55 AM PDT by jboot (This isn't your father's America. Stay safe and keep your powder dry.)
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Check Article I Section 2 para 1. “The House of Reps . . . and the electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the state legislature.” The same goes for the 17th Amendment regarding senators.

So outside of the limitations of the 15th Amendment and poll taxes, and the 26th Amendment, states still have wide powers to decide who can vote for Congressmen and Senators.

And . . . State legislatures can still appoint Presidential electors.

We have only ourselves to blame for this dangerous drift into democracy.

37 posted on 11/02/2012 12:01:38 PM PDT by Jacquerie (Exterminate rats.)
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