Article I, Section 2 of the Constitution sets three qualifications for representatives. Each representative must: (1) be at least twenty-five years old; (2) have been a citizen of the United States for the past seven years; and (3) be (at the time of the election) an inhabitant of the state they represent. (Wikipedia)
To increase or decrease tax cuts.
To determine the number of congressional representatives a region will have.
The Three-Fifths Compromise.
The US Constitution did not solve the problem of slavery, it merely put off the solution. As a compromise, it was agreed that 2/5ths of the total number of male slaves in a state would be added to the total number of free men in that state to determine the "population" of the state for purposes of assigning representation in the US House of Representatives.
Representation and Slavery.Representation-should the number of legislators be equal for all states or should the larger states have more representatives?Slavery-should the number of slaves in a state be used to compute its representation?New Jersey plan called for equal voting power for each state, because it is a small locked state which cannot expand.Virginia plan called for voting power based on population as it is the most populous state at the time.These lead to the Connecticut Compromise:The upper house (Senate) would have equal representation and be elected by the lower houseThe lower house (House of Representatives) would be subject to proportional representationThe 2871:Three-Fifths Compromise]: For purposes of determining the number of representatives in the House, every five slaves would be counted as three. (This did not confer the vote on slaves; it was simply a formula for determining representation in the House of Representatives.) Final wording in the Constitution referred to "all other persons" and the words slave and slaverydo not appear; this same population computation would also be used for determining taxation.All proposed legislation having to do with raising money would originate in the House of Representatives.Slavery- Slavery was an touchy issue at the time, after much debate this was agreed upon, though often not followed:The North West Ordinance banned slavery in the newly carved out North west territory.Slaves count as 3/5 of a man for purposes of counting population for representation.
The Three-Fifths Compromise was a compromise between Southern and Northern states reached during the Philadelphia Convention of 1787 in which three-fifths of the enumerated population of slaves would be counted for representation purposes regarding both the distribution of taxes and the apportionment of the members of the United States House of Representatives.
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States adopted residency requirements to ensure that individuals who vote in elections are local residents with a genuine interest in the outcomes that affect their communities. These requirements help prevent voter fraud by deterring individuals from voting in multiple states or jurisdictions. Residency requirements also support the democratic principle of local representation by ensuring that those who vote have a stake in the matters being decided.
Amendment 14 1868 section 2
You probably shouldn't fake your residency ......
If you're talking about for the purposes of determining representation in the House of Representatives, the northern states specfically did not want that, as it would have allowed the southern states to dominate.
If you're talking about for the purposes of determining representation in the House of Representatives, the northern states specfically did not want that, as it would have allowed the southern states to dominate.
The South wanted slaves to count towards the population for political representation purposes. Including slaves in the population count would have increased the South's representation in the House of Representatives and therefore its political power within the government.
You must should proof of residency within the state you are attending school.
One key purpose of the U.S. Census is to accurately count the population to determine representation in the House of Representatives and allocate federal funding to states and communities for various programs and services.
In the United States, slaves were counted as three-fifths of a person for the purposes of representation in the House of Representatives according to the Three-Fifths Compromise in the Constitution. This practice was in place from 1787 until the abolition of slavery after the Civil War.
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Article I of the Constitution covers the legislative branch of the Federal Government, which is Congress. Article I establishes how Congress is structured (House of Representatives and Senate), how representation in each house is determined, the qualifications of office for Representatives and Senators, how a bill becomes a law, the rights, powers and immunities of each house and/or its members, that a census must be taken every ten years, the powers of Congress, the powers denied to Congress, and the powers denied to the states. Article I is also where the Great Compromise is found (concerning representation), as well as the now-defunct Three-Fifths Compromise, which declared a slave to be three-fifths of a white man for purposes of representation in the House of Representatives.