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    Quote Originally Posted by Nordberg View Post
    Smaller states= slave states.
    New Hampshire?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nordberg View Post
    Were they counted or not? The south wanted them so they could vote for them. They kept them illiterate.
    3/5 of the slaves were counted for both taxation and representation.

    I don't understand "the South wanted them so they could vote for them." The slaves could not vote for anybody--who was voting for whom?

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    It was designed to stop illegal alien votes from stealing elections.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nordberg View Post
    True ,Fox Gnus does do that. But founders did not know that fake news was going to be invented.
    I disagree. The media in those years was the "partisan press" sponsored by the parties. People like Jefferson hired their own journalists to place favorable stories or attack their enemies.

    The ability of the media to manipulate the citizenry was not an issue since the people had no role in choosing electors until later.

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    Quote Originally Posted by AssHatZombie View Post
    It was designed to stop illegal alien votes from stealing elections.
    The electoral college as designed by the founders did not include any elections and there were no illegal aliens then. It was not until the 1990s that federal elections were limited to U. S. citizens (based on state laws).

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    Quote Originally Posted by Flash View Post
    The electoral college as designed by the founders did not include any elections and there were no illegal aliens then. It was not until the 1990s that federal elections were limited to U. S. citizens (based on state laws).
    Sounds like fake news.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nordberg View Post
    It was designed to placate the slave states so they would enter the union. It is known.http://time.com/4558510/electoral-co...story-slavery/ In the beginning they allowed 5 slaves to = 3 votes. that was also a way to give more power to the slave states but not provide equality to blacks. The Repubs still don't want to let blacks vote.
    no, you simple minded dick.....the big states included Virginia which was a slave state and the small states included Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine which were not......repeating idiotic lib'rul memes doesn't make you look LESS stupid.......

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    Quote Originally Posted by Threedee View Post
    Are leftists incapable of understanding the 3/5 Compromise, or do you really think you can capitalize by lying about it? The south wanted to count every single slave as a whole person for the purposes of congressional apportionment. The north argued that they shouldn't be counted at all. In order to placate the south, the 3/5 compromise was offered.

    It's kind of like how the south wanted only proportional representation, but the north wanted equal representation, so the Connecticut delegation offered the compromise to have both. Anyway, true to form, you lying leftists have been claiming that the Senate was set-up to benefit slave states.
    odd the demmycrats didn't actually let their slaves vote.....

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    Quote Originally Posted by AssHatZombie View Post
    Sounds like fake news.
    Listen again. Those are all just clearly established facts. Try to find anything in the Constitution about the people voting for the electors/president.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nordberg View Post
    Were they counted or not? The south wanted them so they could vote for them. They kept them illiterate.
    damn demmycrats.....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nordberg View Post
    Smaller states= slave states.
    Maine?....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Flash View Post
    Listen again. Those are all just clearly established facts. Try to find anything in the Constitution about the people voting for the electors/president.
    Sure the electoral college is unconstitutional.

    How about gun bans? Or are you a fair weather constitutionalist?

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    Quote Originally Posted by AssHatZombie View Post
    Sure the electoral college is unconstitutional.

    How about gun bans? Or are you a fair weather constitutionalist?
    How can the electoral college which is an original provision of the Constitution (amended by the 12th amendment) be unconstitutional?

    Heller struck down gun bans.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Flash View Post
    How can the electoral college which is an original provision of the Constitution (amended by the 12th amendment) be unconstitutional?

    Heller struck down gun bans.
    Yeah. Seems weird.

    Is Heller that blind girl?

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