The WA GOP put it in writing that they’re not into democracy (www.seattletimes.com)

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[-] Zachariah@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

A resolution called for ending the ability to vote for U.S. senators. Instead, senators would get appointed by state legislatures, as it generally worked 110 years ago prior to the passage of the 17th Amendment in 1913.

“We are devolving into a democracy, because congressmen and senators are elected by the same pool,” was how one GOP delegate put it to the convention. “We do not want to be a democracy.”

[-] Know_not_Scotty_does@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

I trust the Texas Legislature even less than the average Texas voter. This seems like a way to intensify the radicalness of the pool that goes to Washington but admittedly, I am not familiar enough with this kind of system to have an informed opinion on it.

[-] grue@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Until about eight years ago, I would've said this seemed like a way to decrease the radicalness of the Senate by forcing candidates through a filter of party establishment support. Now, though, the whole Republican Party establishment is radical so it's more a way to reinforce that and prevent deradicalization.

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