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thomhartmann

(3,979 posts) Mon Jul 24, 2017, 08:38 PM Jul 2017

ALEC Wants to Take Away Your Ability to Vote for Your Own Senators

Thom covers a story about an ALEC proposed bill which would take the choice of senators away from the citizens and give it to state legislators and government by repealing the 17th Amendment. This is what democracy looks like.

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ALEC Wants to Take Away Your Ability to Vote for Your Own Senators (Original Post) thomhartmann Jul 2017 OP

Fortunately, TomSlick Jul 2017 #1

TomSlick

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1. Fortunately,

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Mon Jul 24, 2017, 09:45 PM

Jul 2017

a Constitutional amendment is a really heavy lift. ALEC scares me no end but this one is a non-starter.

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