@NightOwl@lemm.ee to World News@lemmy.ml • 2 years agoZelensky refuses to hold elections in wartime Ukrainewww.newsweek.comexternal-linkmessage-square152fedilinkarrow-up1143
arrow-up1143external-linkZelensky refuses to hold elections in wartime Ukrainewww.newsweek.com@NightOwl@lemm.ee to World News@lemmy.ml • 2 years agomessage-square152fedilink
minus-square@BitPirate@feddit.delinkfedilink5•2 years 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•2 years agoTwelve states were occupied by the confederacy and simply excluded from the US elections and the amendment process.
minus-square@BitPirate@feddit.delinkfedilink1•2 years 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.