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Yestattooshurt t1_j2uae89 wrote

Reply to comment by Kodiak01 in Healey should give rural Massachusetts a seat at the table - The Boston Globe by GlobeOpinion

Because land doesn’t vote, People do. Giving each county equal say would be giving every resident of Franklin county 22 times more voting power than every resident of middlesex county.

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Kodiak01 t1_j2ukbc1 wrote

So what, 3/5ths of a vote maybe? Democrats loved that in the past!

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winter_bluebird t1_j2wumuw wrote

No, just one vote each. How's that not fair?

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Kodiak01 t1_j2x3887 wrote

Because the State is it's own distinct entity, recognized by the Constitution. This is part of the US being set up as a Representative Republic, not a Democracy.

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