--- Daniel Ehrenberg littledanehren@yahoo.com wrote:
...Even at the beginning of the US's history, African American slaves were counted in the US Census for purposes of the size of the electoral college, albeit only as 2/3 of a person. ...
Slaves (of any race) were counted as 3/5 of a free preson, not 2/3, for the number of seats in the House of Representatives. The seats of the Electoral College are the total seats in Congress - that is, 2 (senators) + the number of representatives. So, yes, the 3/5 did effect electoral college representation, but not directly.
Sorry for being picky, but our Civics test on that was last week. (Hmm...WikiBooks module on the Constitution?)
Geoffrey
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