minus-squareBradleyUffner@lemmy.worldtoNews@lemmy.world•Tim Walz calls for scrapping of electoral college to decide US presidential racelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·3 hours agoSouthern states owned a lot of slaves, and thought the slave owners should get to have the slave’s votes in addition to their own. They thought that if they couldn’t do that, the South couldn’t have a loud enough voice in the election. It’s kind of related to the 3/5th compromise. linkfedilink
Southern states owned a lot of slaves, and thought the slave owners should get to have the slave’s votes in addition to their own. They thought that if they couldn’t do that, the South couldn’t have a loud enough voice in the election.
It’s kind of related to the 3/5th compromise.