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Ken Burch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-14-06 02:35 AM
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18. Its a leftover gubenatorial privelege from the days when Senators were NOT popularly elected
(until 1912, U.S. senators were elected by the state legislators. And due to gerrymandering, this produced some blatently undemocratic results. In 1858, for example, legislators pledged to support Abraham Lincoln for the Illinois U.S. Senate seat defeated those pledged to Stephen Douglas by 54$ to 46% in the popular vote, but due to the way the districts were drawn, Douglas' supporters won a majority in
the Illinois legislature and Douglas took the seat.)
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