Federal voting procedures are now being challenged in ways that could undermine the very integrity of the franchise. And there is almost no public discussion of the issue and little effective opposition. The idea is to increase voter participation by relaxing voter registration procedures and qualification requirements. We are told that low voter turnout is...
Author: Stan Langland (Stan Langland)
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An Obsolete Congress
“Here, sir, the people govern,” said Alexander Hamilton in 1788, as he argued for the direct election of members to the proposed U.S. House of Representatives. “Here they act by their immediate representatives.” A working democratic republic was not a new idea, but what was new was putting the idea to the test. The task...