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State legislatures are elected by the people nowadays yes. But is that required by the Constitution or just a modern convention? I honestly don't know, as a 4
by mrgoldenbrown 2y ago
State legislatures are elected by the people nowadays yes. But is that required by the Constitution or just a modern convention? I honestly don't know, as a 45 yr old born and raised in the US college educated nerd. The trump administration shenanigans revealed a lot of things we all took for granted to be mere convention or tradition rather than legal requirements.
- burkaman 2y agoFair point, it's not just a modern convention but yes, I think in theory a state constitution could be changed to make the whole legislature appointed by the governor or chosen by lottery or whatever.
- ahazred8ta 2y agoArtIV.S4 "The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government", meaning elected by the People.
- eadmund 2y agoIt would also be a republican form of government for the state legislatures to be elected by cities and/or counties.