[POL203Y5] - Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (62 pages long!)
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House of reps are (cid:373)ost de(cid:373)o(cid:272)rati(cid:272) i(cid:374) a(cid:374)y part of federal go(cid:448)"t: tax legislation must start in the house of reps. Senate by original design, used to be indirectly elected (until changed by. Constitutional amendment: fraction of population voted, but did not have a direct vote for the senate rep, se(cid:374)ators (cid:449)ill (cid:271)e ele(cid:272)ted (cid:271)y (cid:862)state legislatures(cid:863) If you are an eligible voter in a state, you then vote for who represents you in the state legislature, state legislator will vote for who will be your senator in the state. Filtered, indirect vote: 1917 overturned by constitutional amendment and now direct election. To prevent bad decisions on part of the voters, part that was not amended is the electoral college: voters are not voting for president, registering a vote for a slate of electors. If no person gets 270 votes, house of representatives elects president, and.
