Some people on Saipan think that we should not count overseas workers, children, felons, and other people not eligible to vote when the lines for voting precinct lines are drawn and when seats are apportioned.
Others disagree.
I have a compromise.
Let's count people who are ineligible to vote (for whatever reason) as Three Fifths human. For example, 100 contract workers would only count as 60 people when the district lines are drawn. This compromise has historical precedent; it worked for almost 100 years in the United States.
...the only downside was the Civil War.
Others disagree.
I have a compromise.
Let's count people who are ineligible to vote (for whatever reason) as Three Fifths human. For example, 100 contract workers would only count as 60 people when the district lines are drawn. This compromise has historical precedent; it worked for almost 100 years in the United States.
...the only downside was the Civil War.