CDR: Re: A very brief politcal rant

[William H. Geiger III]

In <973697805.3a09730d4e448 at webmail.cotse.com>, on 11/08/00 
   at 09:36 AM, brflgnk at cotse.com said:


>If the citizens of Missouri chose to elect a deceased person as Senator,
>I think  that's exactly what they should get.  Leave the seat empty for
>two years.

Someone had brought up the Constitutionality of having a dead man on the
ballot. The reasoning was that the deceased are no longer legally citizens
and therefore do not meet the Constitutional requirements for office.

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