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sakabatou

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46. So the numbers per state get reshuffled?

Reply to dsc (Reply #19)

Wed Jul 4, 2012, 04:34 PM

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Hey, can you pass the US citizenship test??? [View all] a kennedy Jul 2012 OP

pretty easy test hfojvt Jul 2012 #1

Same here. bluedigger Jul 2012 #15

I got an 85%. AJTheMan Jul 2012 #2

Missed four but passed. It should have only been three. brewens Jul 2012 #3

I passed - 85/100! Yay! Where do I get my gold star?????? TheDebbieDee Jul 2012 #4

Eh...two wrong. Pilotguy Jul 2012 #5

4 must be ChazII Jul 2012 #6

I was 5 for 5 when it stopped working. Honestly though... joshcryer Jul 2012 #7

One division of my company can krispos42 Jul 2012 #8

funny Laura PourMeADrink Jul 2012 #30

"Name two states that border Canada" krispos42 Jul 2012 #43

It's all...I would have never thought Idaho. good one Laura PourMeADrink Jul 2012 #49

Or Ohio, for that matter... it's a water border. krispos42 Jul 2012 #55

100% Scootaloo Jul 2012 #9

Because it doesn't. bluedigger Jul 2012 #13

Well, thank goodness! Scootaloo Jul 2012 #16

Unless new states enter the union, right? sakabatou Jul 2012 #17

nope dsc Jul 2012 #19

So the numbers per state get reshuffled? sakabatou Jul 2012 #46

yep dsc Jul 2012 #47

That I know about with today's country sakabatou Jul 2012 #48

Not so much Spider Jerusalem Jul 2012 #20

yeah we do have too few members dsc Jul 2012 #22

Too few members is right and then there is the Senate in which California JDPriestly Jul 2012 #23

well sadly that will never change dsc Jul 2012 #24

why can't it change by amendment? that's interesting...I don't know what can be changed Laura PourMeADrink Jul 2012 #31

The Senate can't be changed because the Constitution says that no state can have its Senate dsc Jul 2012 #38

California is big enough to divide into two states. They we would have four senators. JDPriestly Jul 2012 #44

That is the point of the Senate sarisataka Jul 2012 #53

But, as it is, individual voters in California have far too little say in our government. JDPriestly Jul 2012 #56

Just to add to what dsc correctly said... bluedigger Jul 2012 #21

haha...Hey, the new members could be "online voter" and skype their speeches. When Laura PourMeADrink Jul 2012 #39

That would inconvenience the lobbyists. bluedigger Jul 2012 #40

I took it the other time it was posted dsc Jul 2012 #10

Who's keeping score? bluedigger Jul 2012 #11

I did not enter my name at first hfojvt Jul 2012 #18

I like that. It's like when someone says to you "Say you are sorry." and you say Laura PourMeADrink Jul 2012 #32

Missed 2 nadine_mn Jul 2012 #12

18 out of 20 sakabatou Jul 2012 #14

I'm pleased to announce that "Willard Romney" got a 90. Buns_of_Fire Jul 2012 #25

100% RandySF Jul 2012 #26

I missed one. alphafemale Jul 2012 #27

I failed it, but I don't want US citizenship anyway... Violet_Crumble Jul 2012 #28

1 wrong. # of Amendments. All you 100% knew that? #impressed. nt Laura PourMeADrink Jul 2012 #29

Me, also. n/t UTUSN Jul 2012 #34

Super easy test. 100% 1monster Jul 2012 #33

100% Woody Woodpecker Jul 2012 #35

I got one wrong. boxman15 Jul 2012 #36

1 wrong whistler162 Jul 2012 #37

20/20 jhasp Jul 2012 #41

I did, for real. nadinbrzezinski Jul 2012 #42

I am not even going to try. RebelOne Jul 2012 #45

I had to take the test to become a citizen. vaberella Jul 2012 #50

100% but I admit one of them was a guess Warpy Jul 2012 #51

20 out of 20 n/t TheFarseer Jul 2012 #52

I got them all but I guessed Vermont on the one question. MrSlayer Jul 2012 #54

Easily. n/t Egalitarian Thug Jul 2012 #57

19/20. Couldn't remember if it was Vermont or NH hifiguy Jul 2012 #58