And here is why. Because they didn't want our national election, our presidential election to be that important. They really didn't. That's why They gave the federal government a very distinct set of powers, and the rest of that was left to the states. They knew that Texas was going to be very different from New Hampshire, or, you know, I guess we're going back a little bit. So maybe I should say Virginia. (37:34–37:42)
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