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It may have happened, but just not as she is portraying (i.e. not a “friend”, “I didn’t do anything”). But she probably did get the “Divide us because of our skin color right” but not in the direction she is implying.

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For everyone? Where did the early restrictions on property etc. come in? I was under the impression that prior to ~Jackson, a certain amount of property holding was a prerequisite for voting even for white males. (I thought this applied to all elections, not just presidential.) Perhaps I was misinformed. Also presumably this will have been a state-by-state thing.

Anyway, the current GOP is essentially recapitulating the “common sense” of the 18th century, that average people can’t handle political power, it seems.

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The original text gave the right to select Representatives to ‘the People’. It allowed each state to decide who ‘the People’ were, but required that the state use the same rule as applied to voting for that state’s own largest legislative body. Thus anyone who could vote for the state legislature had the right to vote for members of the House. There was no Constitutional provision limiting that right to only people with property.

Of course states restricted voting to narrow groups of people — only men, only whites, etc. But those people had the right to vote for members of the House. And later amendments carved away at the manner in which states limit who could vote, as Matt says. But there was a constitutional right; the states could not deprive anyone of the right to vote for the House if that person had the right to vote for the state legislature. What occurred was a broadening of what ‘the People’ meant.

Yes, very much so. People who can’t win elections don’t like broad democracy and want to change the rules so that they can win elections. Since their motivation is largely bigotry and privilege, they’re going to propose changes that leverage that bigotry and privilege.

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Our yearly reminder that the GOP has won only a single popular vote in 33 years.

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Under Senate Bill 1142, if just one parent objects to a book it must be removed within 30 days. If it is not, the librarian must be fired and cannot work for any public school for two years. Parents can also collect at least $10,000 per day from school districts if the book is not removed as requested.

Oklahoma longs to make Mississippi look good, apparently.

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I can’t read the story (geo-blocked) but is there any provision that would stop a parent objecting to, say, the Bible as a protest?

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No - it is a bad bill that gives sole discretion on what to remove, without recourse, to the parents. They could demand technical manuals to be removed as “sexual” for their “illustrations of insertions” and with the bill as written the librarian would have to remove it.

I know idiots love to idiot, but I can’t imagine this will pass as even minor idiots will note the lack of oversight.

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So, either every book is removed, or the state is bankrupted paying out $10,000 per day bounties. Or maybe both!

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I feel like the obvious answer is for one parent to nuclear option and object to literally every book in the library, and just kinda see what happens.

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And this is why they continue to lie, cheat and gerrymander. They do not represent the majority (or plurality?) of the American people any longer.

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I’m firmly in favor of voting rights for all (who vote the same way I do).

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I assume you mean wearing a top hat and monocle.

Oh, wait, that’s me.

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Since the law says you get paid $10k a day by the district if they don’t remove the book, you could make quite a lot of money doing this.

Or just pick the Bible. The school will refuse to remove it and now you’re making $3.6 million a year from the district after a month.

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Heh. I just came in there to post the direct twitter link. Well even though you beat me to it…

Deep thoughts with Gym Jordan

(he is the ranking member and thus controls the twitter account)

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I was initially skeptical of the “Wheres Ron” articles over the last day or so, but…

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I’m curious about the 2022 race and DeathSantis - he barely won in 2018 and more people have died from Covid in FL than his win margin.

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Researchers at the University of Florida have reclassified the death of unvaccinated Floridians as having “embraced freedom”. I think Ron’s record of having the most Floridians embrace freedom under his governance will be a net plus in the election.