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WalterWhite
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« on: April 21, 2023, 05:17:14 PM »

Essentially, it is like the Senate, but instead of 2 Senators/state, it is 2 representatives/reservation.

Only people currently enrolled as a member of a specific tribe vote in these races.

Each representative of a reservation serves a six-year term (like the Senate), and each reservation is randomly assigned two class numbers (I, II, or III), which indicates when their representatives are up for reelection (just like the Senate).

How would a chamber like this impact politics? What issues would become more prominent in political discussion should a chamber like this be implemented? Would Native Americans become more of a swing demographic, rather than being overwhelmingly Democratic?
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WalterWhite
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« Reply #1 on: April 21, 2023, 08:02:17 PM »

Doesn't New Zealand have something similar to this with it's Maori population?
New Zealand has distinct seats for its Moari population.
Imagine if Native Americans had their own set of House seats, basically.

Just to be clear, in this hypothetical, Native Americans would vote in both House races AND for representatives of their own tribe.
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WalterWhite
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« Reply #2 on: April 22, 2023, 04:58:00 AM »

Questions of whether the chamber's apportionment is fair would immediately come up, for one thing. A lot of reservations have very small numbers of enrolled members (literally like 100-200 total). Others have well over 100,000.

If you think the population difference between California and Wyoming is extreme, take a look at the Navajo Nation vs. the United Auburn Indian Community.

This would be structured like the Senate; each tribe would get 2 representatives. The same questions of fairness the Senate would have would apply to this chamber, too.
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