The name of that ruling by the courts years ago was never protested by the women. Neither was there an outcry about the relationship between the ruling and the truth.
Representation in the Congress and the electoral college is based upon the population in the jurisdiction. Obviously, the population is made up of people who are not eligible to vote by reason of age and/or citizenship. At this point, the "one man, one vote" falls apart. Those ineligible to vote but counted in allocating representatives and the number of votes of the electoral college, especially children, are represented by someone they had no opportunity to select. I believe the parents of those children should have an additional vote for each one. If representation were determined only by the number of eligible voters instead of the entire population of the jurisdiction, it would make more sense.
The final flaw in "one man one vote" is that State legislatures can define political jurisdictions within the state in ways which gives the party in power at the time an opportunity to surgically create districts which will guarantee the election of one of theirs. Gerrymandering of districts has created the oddest shaped areas you can imagine and has practically nullified the votes of those in the opposite party.
The noble experiment of democratically elected officials and self rule has been hijacked by villans in both major parties. When challenged in the courts, rarely are these maneuvers reversed. Meanwhile, there will be more interest and conversations about sports and reality TV shows than the reclaiming and preserving of the only system of government which guarantees its citizens freedom and, only if diligent, a method to keep it.
Representation in the Congress and the electoral college is based upon the population in the jurisdiction. Obviously, the population is made up of people who are not eligible to vote by reason of age and/or citizenship. At this point, the "one man, one vote" falls apart. Those ineligible to vote but counted in allocating representatives and the number of votes of the electoral college, especially children, are represented by someone they had no opportunity to select. I believe the parents of those children should have an additional vote for each one. If representation were determined only by the number of eligible voters instead of the entire population of the jurisdiction, it would make more sense.
The final flaw in "one man one vote" is that State legislatures can define political jurisdictions within the state in ways which gives the party in power at the time an opportunity to surgically create districts which will guarantee the election of one of theirs. Gerrymandering of districts has created the oddest shaped areas you can imagine and has practically nullified the votes of those in the opposite party.
The noble experiment of democratically elected officials and self rule has been hijacked by villans in both major parties. When challenged in the courts, rarely are these maneuvers reversed. Meanwhile, there will be more interest and conversations about sports and reality TV shows than the reclaiming and preserving of the only system of government which guarantees its citizens freedom and, only if diligent, a method to keep it.
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