Is This Constitution Legitimate if Only the Representatives Vote?

There's a real question at the heart of this, which is a question of legitimacy. Do you consider this constitution legitimate if only the representatives vote on it? And we should say we're talking about a very circumscribed group of people who are invited to vote on this,. Yes. No one else. But within that very circumscribed electorate, does it feel like people had a voice in the process of setting up the core structure of their government?

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