@johnbisognano Primaries aren't actually elections, they are a party function to select candidates to run for election. For the majority of US history, they weren't even used.
@FramptonHoward@ChristianHeiens Imagine if States had to have Libertarian, Green, Socialist, Independent, etc districts?
Would that allow those of us who aren't R's or D's to "vote for the candidate of our choice"?
@daveweigel Very likely because she has the wrong letter beside her name and is therefore an "Uncle Tom".
Or, to paraphrase Joe Biden, she "ain't Black".
I am always amazed that people will vote solely based on a candidates party.
@BartholomewKin2@TaraServatius It doesn't specifically mention districts but it does call for 1 rep for every 30,000 people (not that Congress follows it), which doesn't really fit with the concept of at-large.
Not that it can't be done, but imagine having over 100 names on the ballot to choose 50?
@ChicagosLoneCon@GeorgeBushFan4 Under the Constitution elections are a State, not Federal issue. We were designed as States for a reason, otherwise they would have just created a single government.
Attempting to make everything Federal is the problem, not the solution.
@ChicagosLoneCon@GeorgeBushFan4 Just being national wouldn't prevent it from being pushed aside.
With so many more competing agendas, it would be more likely to fail than succeed.
@ChicagosLoneCon@GeorgeBushFan4 We had one here in VA that was also half non-politicians, and it got tossed aside. Is there any reason to believe that wouldn't happen with a Federal one?
@sayhibill@EWErickson Try again.
Art. I Section 2: "The Number of Representatives shall not exceed one for every thirty Thousand, but each State shall have at Least one Representative;..."
There is no amendment that has changed that.