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The distribution of voting power is based on population, not citizenship. Non-citizens need to be counted too.

• nonplussed 6y ago
  Only citizens can vote.
  • hobs 6y ago
    It doesn't matter - when the document was written America had tons of non-citizens and those people were counted. Slaves couldn't vote either, but in the famous compromise were counted as a portion of a person - the distribution of political power is why.
  • kevinmchugh 6y ago
    Citizens of a certain age, who meet certain residency and bureaucratic requirements and haven't lost the right due to criminal convictions. Women only got the franchise 100 years ago, but had always been counted on the census.
    • jfengel 6y ago
      And children still can't vote, and are also counted.