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The peculiar feature of this amendment was that if any portion of the people should be excluded by reason of race or color, every individual of that race or color would be excluded from the basis of apportionment.
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Blaine described a key aspect of the proposed amendment that would exclude entire races from representation if any individual was excluded due to race or color.
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