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DC: Voting for President, Still No Vote for Congress

By Ed Davis
Posted on Thu Feb 07, 2008 at 02:44:26 PM EST

Next Tuesday, February 12, District of Columbia citizens will have an opportunity to join their neighbors in Virginia and Maryland and vote in DC's presidential primary. But, unlike their neighbors and every other American in the 50 states, they will not have an opportunity to vote for a representative in the U.S. Congress.

-- got to go - more later...here's a photo of the DC Voting Rights march last April.


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DC: Voting for President, Still No Vote for Congress :: 1 Comment

a long tradition

It's in that same pathetic tradition that determined, long ago, that some Americans were only "worth" 3/5 of a vote.  Except instead of 3/5, we're worth 0/5 of a vote.  Sad and insulting.

by Josh Zaharoff on Thu Feb 07, 2008 at 04:25:41 PM EST


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