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   From: j_carlson@gmx.com   
      
   On 3/5/2021 4:46 PM, Jack-off Skeeter Shit-4-Braincell *Fucktard*, HIV+   
   cocksucker and convicted child molester, stupidly bawled and lied:   
      
   > On Fri, 5 Mar 2021 15:36:32 -0800, Rudy Canoza    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >> Political polarization is spurring partisans to extremes, but there’s a   
   simple   
   >> change Congress could make to reverse this alarming trend: mandate that its   
   >> members be elected by a majority of votes.   
   >>   
   >> Americans probably think the law already requires this, given the   
   Founders’   
   >> reverence for majority rule as an element of self-government. Yet all but   
   six   
   >> states permit plurality winners, meaning that federal lawmakers can be   
   elected   
   >> even if they do not secure more than 50 percent of the general election   
   vote.   
   >>   
   >> States are generally authorized to set their own voting rules. But requiring   
   >> that a candidate win a majority in the general election is fully within   
   >> Congress’s constitutional power. Article I, Section 4 empowers Congress   
   to “at   
   >> any time by Law make or alter” any “Regulations” concerning the   
   “Manner of   
   >> holding Elections for Senators and Representatives.”   
   >>   
   >> Imposing this requirement would be healthy for democracy not only because,   
   by   
   >> definition, it would produce results that a majority of voters want — it   
   would   
   >> also help elect more moderates from both parties, officeholders predisposed   
   to   
   >> working across the aisle to legislate in the public interest.   
   >>   
   >> https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/05/why-congre   
   s-should-require-its-members-be-elected-by-majority-votes/   
   >>   
   >> *ALL* elective offices, including the presidency, should be won by the   
   person   
   >> obtaining a majority of the votes.   
   >   
   >   
   > You bet, that way all the illegal can vote for them.   
   >   
      
   "Jack Shit" = "Skeeter" = *Fucktard* = "Jack-off Skeeter Shit-4-Braincell"   
      
   Requiring that the winner of an election for an elective office receive an   
   absolute majority has nothing to do with who votes.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)