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Government

Dec. 5, 2001

Small States Have Too Much Influence in Electing Senators

Basic principles of parliamentary procedure hold that a majority decides but that a minority has a right to be heard and that the rights of a minority must be protected. Yet few understand how great a divergence from these principles there is in the election of U.S. senators.

        By Alan D. Pauw
        
        Basic principles of parliamentary procedure hold that a majority decides but that a minority has a right to be heard and that the rights of a minority must be protected. Yet few understand how great a divergence from these principles there is in the election of U.S. senators.
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