| Subject: RE: Plan to give D.C. a Vote in Congress Advances |
| From: "Michael Richardson" <ballotaccessproject@hotmail.com> |
| Date: 5/11/2006, 12:17 PM |
| To: BSmith@law.capital.edu, election-law@majordomo.lls.edu |
I think Brad Smith has tackled the larger question. Let me add another. How about respresentation for U.S. citizens residing in the territories? They have always been told that a Constitutional amendment is needed. I think a stronger case can be made for territorial voting in Presidential elections than representation in Congress.
Michael Richardson
I would think the bigger constitutional question is whether Congress can, by legislation, give the District of Columbia a full vote in the House. Art. I, ¤2, specifies that the House ãshall be composed of Members chosen every second Year by the People of the several States.ä Remember, it took a constitutional amendment to give the District representation in the Electoral College.