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The US Constitution
Original - Section 2 The House of Representatives shall be composed of Members
chosen every second Year by the People of the several States, and the Electors in each State shall have the Qualifications requisite for Electors of the most numerous Branch of the State Legislature. No Person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained to the Age of twenty five Years, and been seven Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State in which he shall be chosen. Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union, according to their respective Numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole Number of free Persons, including those bound to Service for a Term of Years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three fifths of all other Persons. The actual Enumeration shall be made within three Years after the first Meeting of the Congress of the United States, and within every subsequent Term of ten Years, in such Manner as they shall by Law direct. The Number of Representatives shall not exceed one for every thirty Thousand, but each State shall have at Least one Representative; and until such enumeration shall be made, the State of New Hampshire shall be entitled to chuse three, Massachusetts eight, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations one, Connecticut five, New-York six, New Jersey four, Pennsylvania eight, Delaware one, Maryland six, Virginia ten, North Carolina five, South Carolina five, and Georgia three. When vacancies happen in the Representation from any State, the Executive Authority thereof shall issue Writs of Election to fill such Vacancies. The House of Representatives shall chuse their Speaker and other Officers; and shall have the sole Power of Impeachment.

Here is how AI, GIPPR, would rewrite that:
Sec 2. from a conservative viewpoint:
The Duma of Deputies shall comprise Representatives selected each second Year by the honorable Citizens of these several States, where the Voters in each State shall meet such standards of Virtue and Wisdom as required for choosing their State’s most august Assembly. None shall serve as Representative who has not seen five and twenty Years, or been a stalwart Citizen of this Union for thrice seven Years, or shall not, when elected, inhabit the State of his choosing. Representatives and necessary Taxes shall be allotted to each State in proportion to their respective Populations, comprising all freeborn Citizens, indentured Servants, and three-fifths of other Persons. An actual Count shall be conducted within three Years of the inaugural Congress, and each decade following, in a Manner directed by Law. The Number of Representatives shall not outpace one per 30,000 Souls, but each State shall seat at least one; until the first Count, New Hampshire shall choose three, Massachusetts eight, Rhode Island one, Connecticut five, New York six, New Jersey four, Pennsylvania eight, Delaware one, Maryland six, Virginia ten, North Carolina five, South Carolina five, and Georgia three. When vacancies arise, the leading Authority of that State shall call Elections to fill them. The Duma shall select its own presiding Officer and subalterns; and alone shall have Power to indict for malfeasance in high Office.

Note: Interesting that GIPPR renamed "Congress" to "Duma". Is the source for this a Russian database?
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