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brucejoel99
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« on: December 30, 2020, 01:54:44 PM »

A constitutional amendment that increases the Senate representation of only some states would require the unanimous consent of every state legislature, so it's obviously not gonna happen since that would mean smaller states voting to ratify an amendment that would decrease the relative political power of their state. I'd love to see all of the states be given 3 senators, though, so that every state would hold a Senate election every 2 years, which might - just might - make the Senate a bit more reflective of the current national mood. And it would only require the ratification of 3/4ths of the states to boot.
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brucejoel99
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« Reply #1 on: June 02, 2021, 07:04:05 PM »

That's a good idea, but it can be improved upon and there's no way it would become law.
It's passage would require a constitutional amendment, which only 10 state legislatures would ratify - 38 are required. Two-thirds of the legislature won't support such a bill either, since most come from one of the smaller 40 states.

Unanimity among all 50 would actually be required for this particular proposed amendment.
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