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Minnesota

dflprincess

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1. There are 2 House seats for each Senate District

Reply to question everything (Original post)

Fri Dec 20, 2024, 09:18 PM

22 hrs ago

no matter how many Senate seats there are, we're going to wind up with an even number of House seats. I don't want to even think of the confusion if House seats didn't follow the Senate District lines.

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There are 2 House seats for each Senate District dflprincess 22 hrs ago #1

Maybe create one "At Large" seat that all Minnesotans vote for. Or let the Lieutenant Governor break ties nmmi 22 hrs ago #2

Interesting. I wonder whether a Constitutional amendment is required for such actions question everything 22 hrs ago #4

My guess is yes, especially considering the many far-less-consequential things in the Minn constitution/nt nmmi 21 hrs ago #5

Thanks, interesting. I wonder how it is in other states question everything 22 hrs ago #3