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Article #897Re: Should the Florida legislature appoint electors?
From: Ron Newman
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 07:08
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 07:08
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In article <vdbU5.807$yA5.127922@news.shore.net>, ixlu@PCGuide.com wrote: > In article <Pine.GSO.4.30.0011251759330.3441-100000@rigel.oac.uci.edu>, > Nitin Batra <nbatra@rigel.oac.uci.edu> wrote: > } The requirement that only an inhabitant of the state can be elected > } senator should be repealed. > > I can't imagine why. Based on how popular carpetbagging is becoming, I > hope the states pass laws requiring minimum continuous residence of N > years for those running for office. If a state did this, it would be adding an additional qualification requirement for Congressional candidates. Can a state do this? The US Supreme Court has said "no" to states that tried to make term limits such an additional qualification. > Carnahan should have been removed from the ballot when he passed away, > IMO; he wasn't only because local laws apparently prohibited it. It would also have been impractical, given the short amount of time between his death and the election. I suspect absentee ballots had already gone out, for instance. -- Ron Newman rnewman@thecia.net http://www2.thecia.net/users/rnewman/
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