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Re:15 states are trying to make the electoral college obselete by notSupplied on Saturday August 24, 2019 @05:32PM (#20789840)
You can be a minority because you live in a small state,

or because you are LGBT,

or because you are black,

or because you have a disability.

But the small-state kind of minority seems to be the only one who deserves electoral protection from tyranny of the majority. Oh what a coincidence then, that these minorities also happen to be mostly white, christian, and straight.

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Re:15 states are trying to make the electoral college obselete by brigandish on Sunday August 25, 2019 @08:43PM (#20796681)
Any of those minority groups can move to a small state (states being the usual voting boundary). White, christian, and straight cannot become those groups.

Would a register for who is LGBT be a good idea? Would you support laws and voting based on ethnic background and/or skin colour?

Why do these ideas sound dangerous?

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