http://www.ballot-access.org/2006/08/01/un-human-rights-committee-criticizes-us-voting-rights-violations/ Sun, 12 Feb 2012 11:51:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=2623 http://www.ballot-access.org/2006/08/01/un-human-rights-committee-criticizes-us-voting-rights-violations/comment-page-1/#comment-12035 Michael Morrison Wed, 02 Aug 2006 13:25:12 +0000 http://www.ballot-access.org/2006/08/01/un-human-rights-committee-criticizes-us-voting-rights-violations/#comment-12035 Well, heck, LOTS of us don't have any representation! The rest of us, though, don't live in a place specifically set aside NOT to have representation. That is, we did not choose to live in D.C., where the non-politician residents do not have representation and where the alleged representatives do not represent me and millions of others, who nevertheless pay their salaries and bear the other burdens of the laws they pass. Many of us are not represented, in part, because the would-be candidates who would represent us are not allowed on any ballot, not allowed to run for an office in which they could represent us. How about that for a human rights violation? Well, heck, LOTS of us don’t have any representation!
The rest of us, though, don’t live in a place specifically set aside NOT to have representation.
That is, we did not choose to live in D.C., where the non-politician residents do not have representation and where the alleged representatives do not represent me and millions of others, who nevertheless pay their salaries and bear the other burdens of the laws they pass.
Many of us are not represented, in part, because the would-be candidates who would represent us are not allowed on any ballot, not allowed to run for an office in which they could represent us.
How about that for a human rights violation?

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