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Right now neither house has proportional distribution
Post #255,165
by
ben_tilly
5/11/06 9:31:49 PM
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Right now neither house has proportional distribution
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-- Aaron Ward (my brother)
Weird proposal to allow DC a vote in the House.
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Another Scott
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- (26)
- May 11, 2006, 12:05:03 AM EDT
Obviously setup to keep the balance.
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JayMehaffey
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- (24)
- May 11, 2006, 12:34:36 AM EDT
Permanently at large congress members could be good
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ben_tilly
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- (23)
- May 11, 2006, 10:52:37 AM EDT
I don't like that idea.
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Another Scott
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- (6)
- May 11, 2006, 12:52:24 PM EDT
An at large must pander to the strident majority
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boxley
)
- (1)
- May 11, 2006, 01:21:31 PM EDT
? That's not the way it works in DC.
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Another Scott
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- May 11, 2006, 02:07:01 PM EDT
I don't like it, either
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jb4
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- (3)
- May 11, 2006, 01:50:13 PM EDT
who programs the computer?
-NT
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boxley
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- (2)
- May 11, 2006, 02:21:00 PM EDT
adminiScott!
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jb4
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- May 11, 2006, 02:35:54 PM EDT
The algorithm would have to be public
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JayMehaffey
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- May 11, 2006, 03:08:55 PM EDT
Making them all at large might be OK
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JayMehaffey
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- (15)
- May 11, 2006, 03:01:33 PM EDT
Don't tell me...you're an Engineer, right?
-NT
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jb4
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- May 11, 2006, 03:09:53 PM EDT
Alaska is a perfect example of why that doesnt work
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boxley
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- (13)
- May 11, 2006, 04:25:44 PM EDT
See Another Scott's comments about DC
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ben_tilly
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- (10)
- May 11, 2006, 05:13:17 PM EDT
must be missing something
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boxley
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- (9)
- May 11, 2006, 06:26:53 PM EDT
Yes, you must :-)
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ben_tilly
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- (8)
- May 11, 2006, 07:02:46 PM EDT
And then you can have NC's 12th Congressional district.
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a6l6e6x
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- (1)
- May 11, 2006, 08:50:10 PM EDT
True dat, but...
- (
ben_tilly
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- May 11, 2006, 09:29:47 PM EDT
doesnt work that way
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boxley
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- (5)
- May 11, 2006, 09:06:10 PM EDT
How many "at large" votes does each person have?
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ben_tilly
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- (3)
- May 11, 2006, 09:28:23 PM EDT
if you have 2 at large seats ya have one vote for both seats
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boxley
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- (2)
- May 12, 2006, 08:29:52 AM EDT
One vote per seat works IF
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ben_tilly
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- (1)
- May 12, 2006, 12:00:35 PM EDT
You OBVIOUSLY don't live in Chicago....
-NT
- (
jb4
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- May 12, 2006, 12:07:21 PM EDT
Problem is *not enough* at -large seats
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drewk
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- May 12, 2006, 08:48:40 AM EDT
Which is why I don't both house to be that way
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JayMehaffey
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- (1)
- May 11, 2006, 09:28:47 PM EDT
Right now neither house has proportional distribution
-NT
- (
ben_tilly
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- May 11, 2006, 09:31:49 PM EDT
Looks less likely it'll happen this year.
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Another Scott
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- May 13, 2006, 08:20:19 AM EDT
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