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2016 Postmortem

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3. 13 small states can block any Amendment (and will as it is in their (the state's) best interest)

Mon Dec 19, 2016, 05:05 PM

Dec 2016

so unless you are supporting a constitutional convention I do not understand what you mean by 'reconsidered'.

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The electoral college needs to be reconsidered. gordianot Dec 2016 #1

Amended gordianot Dec 2016 #5

It would be easier to annex Canada kudzu22 Dec 2016 #9

Got news for you. no_hypocrisy Dec 2016 #2

It probably is difficult to comprehend in today's context HoneyBadger Dec 2016 #8

Slave owning southern states didn't want black votes counted.. aidbo Dec 2016 #11

Which should be everyone's position. former9thward Dec 2016 #14

The franchise for those BODIES, though, was exercised by their MADem Dec 2016 #15

She won't run. She will be 71 years old. NT duffyduff Dec 2016 #6

Perhaps they felt this way ... Captain1way Dec 2016 #10

I'll tell you how I feel when it happens. Nt NCTraveler Dec 2016 #12

You're assuming there will actually *be* elections in 2020. nt LaydeeBug Dec 2016 #13