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From: kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written
Subject: Re: (ReacTor) Five SF Scenarios Involving the US Presidential Line of
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Date: 14 Oct 2024 19:40:06 -0000
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William Hyde  <wthyde1953@gmail.com> wrote:
>Chris Buckley wrote:
>It certainly was when I lived there.
>
>> Republicans have been floating plans to enfranchise DC residents for
>> decades,
>
>Only plans that will never come to fruition.
>
>  but the local Democrats have been saying "no, we don't want
>> to vote that much."  The Republican plans are to join DC and Maryland
>> in some form, perhaps making the remaining DC part of Maryland 
>
>Maryland doesn't want them.  That's what makes the plan so perfect for 
>the Republicans. It won't happen but they can say that they are doing 
>something.

The plans they have been promoting basically give residents the opportunity to
vote as part of adjacent states, meaning that their votes will make far
less difference than if they were able to vote a restricted representative
to congress themselves.  Which is why nobody in DC, no matter what party,
likes that program, even though it's better than nothing.
--scott

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