Members of the house of representatives are elected by the different states on the basis of their population in the

this is a false claim the emancipation proclamtion freed all slaves in the rebillion states

a u.s. citizen has to have lived in and been an american citizen for a year or more be for he or she can vote for presidential or country wide elections. they also have to register to vote. if the voting is for state representatives or issues, they have to have lived in that state for one month or more and meet the requirements for country wide elections.