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Offline Cera

Re: Trump floats idea of delaying the November election..................
« Reply #5 on: July 30, 2020, 01:34:30 PM »
Quote from: SimpleMan on July 30, 2020, 01:10:12 PM
The framers of the Constitution didn't envision elections or political parties in choosing a president.  The original plan was for state legislatures to direct a manner (which might vary from state to state) in which electors would be chosen.  Those electors, anticipated to be impartial, wise men who understood matters of state, would then elect the president.  It was foreseen that, probably more often than not, the electors wouldn't be able to choose a president first time around, at which time the House would elect the president and the Senate would elect the vice president.  That is a streamlined version of how it was supposed to work, but the basics are there.  Popular vote didn't even enter into it.  Why did we give this up?
Because generations have been wrongly taught that we are a "democracy" aka mob rule.
As you point out, we were established as a REPUBLIC.
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Offline SimpleMan

Re: Trump floats idea of delaying the November election..................
« Reply #6 on: July 30, 2020, 03:07:17 PM »
Quote from: Pax Vobis on July 30, 2020, 01:22:36 PM
Also, the Senate used to be chosen/voted on by the STATE's congress/senate, not by popular vote, which was only for the House.  Overall, even considering all the corruption, the system still works pretty well.  A minor miracle.
I would go with the original Constitution on that too.  Arguably, the only amendments (beyond the first ten) that were even needed, were the 13th, 14th, and 15th, which addressed the condition of freed slaves.  Possibly only the 13th Amendment was needed.  The original, unamended Constitution only addresses voting for the House of Representatives.  It doesn't address who can vote and who cannot.
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