What about the slave population? And this is where the Three-Fifths Compromise comes in. The North did not want to count the slaves. The South did. And since slaves could not vote, this would give ...
This desire led to a compromise known as the “three-fifths compromise,” where each enslaved person would be counted as three-fifths of a person for purposes of representation in Congress.
Michael Lee of Wrightsville Beach turned back Wilmington Democrat David Hill. Thirty is the magic number for a three-fifths majority in the chamber, the minimum needed to be successful in a veto ...
Thirty is the magic number for a three-fifths majority in the chamber, the minimum needed to be successful in a veto override. Recounts are permitted if margin of victory is “less than or equal ...