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To: Publius; Jacquerie
I agree with the one state, one vote concept.

The Continental Congress rule was one colony, one vote, even though the delegations each had several members.

In Congress, it is one man, one vote, except for deciding Electoral College ties; in that case it is one state, one vote.

Since this essay discusses the Electoral College, I will recall a previous line of discussion and point out that the Constitution bars Representatives and Senators from participating in the Electoral College. Following that reasoning to an Article V convention, I suggested that it was a civil office authorized by the United States, and Congress is barred from participating in such. If the Electoral College is argued to be a similar body, and explicit language exists to bar Congress from the Electoral College, then logically Congress would be barred from an Article V convention, too.

-PJ

49 posted on 05/02/2015 3:22:27 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too (If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
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To: Political Junkie Too

ALEC agrees with you; the ABA does not. I’m with ALEC on this one.


51 posted on 05/02/2015 3:31:07 PM PDT by Publius ("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius now available at Amazon.)
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To: Political Junkie Too

I follow your points. I cannot imagine why a state legislature would remotely consider appointing a sitting rep or senator.


57 posted on 05/02/2015 4:31:57 PM PDT by Jacquerie (To shun Article V is to embrace tyranny.)
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