@NightOwl@lemm.ee to World News@lemmy.ml • 1 year agoZelensky refuses to hold elections in wartime Ukrainewww.newsweek.comexternal-linkmessage-square150fedilinkarrow-up1125arrow-down1104
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minus-square@BitPirate@feddit.delinkfedilink4•1 year ago The 14th amendment in the US and the 1864 election happened in war time. On a scale of 0 to 10, how likely were civilian areas to be hit by artillery shells and rockets during the civil war? Hint: the maximum range of a cannon at that time was barely a mile.
minus-squareWalrusDragonOnABikelinkfedilink2•1 year agoTwelve states were occupied by the confederacy and simply excluded from the US elections and the amendment process.
minus-square@BitPirate@feddit.delinkfedilink1•1 year agoSounds like an election during war time is a pretty fucking bad idea.
On a scale of 0 to 10, how likely were civilian areas to be hit by artillery shells and rockets during the civil war?
Hint: the maximum range of a cannon at that time was barely a mile.
Twelve states were occupied by the confederacy and simply excluded from the US elections and the amendment process.
LMAO Well that’s one way to re-write history.
Sounds like an election during war time is a pretty fucking bad idea.