Comments on: House Judiciary Committee Passes DC Vote Bill http://www.ballot-access.org/2007/03/17/house-judiciary-committee-passes-dc-vote-bill/ Sun, 12 Feb 2012 05:30:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=995 By: Andrew http://www.ballot-access.org/2007/03/17/house-judiciary-committee-passes-dc-vote-bill/comment-page-1/#comment-53154 Andrew Tue, 20 Mar 2007 14:40:05 +0000 http://www.ballot-access.org/2007/03/17/house-judiciary-committee-passes-dc-vote-bill/#comment-53154 The size of DC is not an issue; "ten miles square" does not mean "ten square miles"--it means "ten miles on a side," which the District is. I do agree that Congress probably does not have the power to grant DC voting representation. I think that would require amending the Constitution, and it should have been done long ago. The size of DC is not an issue; “ten miles square” does not mean “ten square miles”–it means “ten miles on a side,” which the District is.

I do agree that Congress probably does not have the power to grant DC voting representation. I think that would require amending the Constitution, and it should have been done long ago.

]]> By: Darryl W. Perry http://www.ballot-access.org/2007/03/17/house-judiciary-committee-passes-dc-vote-bill/comment-page-1/#comment-52677 Darryl W. Perry Sun, 18 Mar 2007 06:43:41 +0000 http://www.ballot-access.org/2007/03/17/house-judiciary-committee-passes-dc-vote-bill/#comment-52677 If this passes this will be totally un-Constitutional. The Constitution states “Article 1 Section 2. The House of Representatives shall be composed of members chosen every second year by the people of the several states,…..The number of Representatives shall not exceed one for every thirty thousand” The Constitution also says that the “Article 1 Section 8 clause 17 …District (not exceeding ten miles square)…the seat of the government of the United States” Currently DC is 68 square miles; If we return 58 square miles to Maryland, that solves the voting problem. If this passes this will be totally un-Constitutional.

The Constitution states “Article 1 Section 2. The House of Representatives shall be composed of members chosen every second year by the people of the several states,…..The number of Representatives shall not exceed one for every thirty thousand”

The Constitution also says that the “Article 1 Section 8 clause 17 …District (not exceeding ten miles square)…the seat of the government of the United States”

Currently DC is 68 square miles; If we return 58 square miles to Maryland, that solves the voting problem.

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