When the United States began in 1776, every state had a restriction on the franchise based on ownership of property and a similar but stronger property qualification for officeholding. ❋ Unknown (2010)
The restrictions on federal officeholding by congressmen and ex-congressmen in Article I, Section 6, paragraph 2, were, Madison argued, sufficient to avoid the corruption that Grayson predicted. ❋ Pauline Maier (2010)
Other qualifications—including stiff property requirements—would be the same as for legislative representatives, except that the restrictions on plural officeholding would not apply. ❋ Pauline Maier (2010)
Got to give credit to Bob and Creigh has been a great state senator, but we were just not able to overcome the advantages that statewide officeholding had given Bob McDonnell for the last four years. ❋ Unknown (2009)
New Jersey Policy Perspective scored a media hit this week with the release of its "How Much Is Enough?" report on an unnoticed byway in the dual-officeholding sweepstakes: those who hold an elected and a NON-ELECTED public job (of which Plainfield has several). ❋ Dan (2007)
In the Georgia case, John Dunne, the assistant attorney general for civil rights from 1990 to 1993, was an unambivalent champion of race-based districting to maximize minority officeholding. ❋ Unknown (2009)
But, while it is relatively easy to take an uncompromising stance against racial classifications in higher education, for instance, it is more difficult when the issue is districting lines drawn to increase black officeholding. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Anything less than proportional officeholding suggested a “diluted” minority vote — one that was less effective than it couldbe. ❋ Unknown (2009)
At-large voting, districting lines, and other election procedures whose impact could deprive blacks of expected gains in officeholding became subject to preclearance. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Thanks to the Voting Rights Act, blacks have advanced in one very important sense: At every level of government they hold elected office, and in the South the race-driven districting was initially essential to that dramatic and rapid expansion in black officeholding. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Most states limited public officeholding to either Christians (with requirements, such as the Pennsylvania Constitution of 1776 you believe in the truth of both the Old and New Testaments) and sometimes only to Protestants (such as the South Carolina Constitution of 1778). ❋ Unknown (2006)
…U.S. third parties have been in the vanguard in embracing the feminist goals of suffrage and national officeholding. ❋ Unknown (2005)
The U.S. constitutional rule that an impeachment may at most punish someone by removal from federal office, perhaps coupled with a prohibition on future federal officeholding is actually a reaction to that history. ❋ Unknown (2004)
