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Sep 17, 2019 · Scholars disagree whether the U.S. Constitution gives Americans the right to vote. Some believe that the right is implicit, embedded in the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment, and others argue that the right does not exist.
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- There Was No Right to Vote in The Original U.S. Constitution.
- The Current Political Climate Endangers Federal Voting Rights Protections.
- Until Congress Acts, States Must Step in to Protect Voting Rights.
The original Constitution doesn’t have much to say about the right to vote. Indeed, nowhere in the text does it explicitly say that citizens have the right to vote in elections. Instead, it merely states that anyone eligible to vote for the largest house of a state’s legislature is also eligible to vote for members of the House of Representatives f...
The ability of the federal government to protect voting rights, particularly for racial and ethnic minorities, has been jeopardized both by recent Supreme Court rulings and the failure of Congress to enact new voting rights legislation. The VRA has been the primary tool to enforce voting rights in recent years and was reauthorized with overwhelming...
With the federal government and the Supreme Court unlikely to protect voting rights in a substantial way in the near future, it’s up to the states to take action to protect voting. We previously outlined some steps individual states can take, like removing barriers to voter registration, making casting a ballot as easy as possible and passing a sta...
Apr 19, 2011 · While strengthening voting rights in the Constitution would seem like a logical step, there’s a potential political barrier: confusion about the meaning of “right.” This essay invites readers to question whether the ability to vote should be a right, a privilege, or a responsibility.
Oct 26, 2022 · Various constitutional amendments prohibit denying voting rights to women, racial minorities and other groups. But the Constitution contains no explicit right to vote. Credit...
Jul 30, 2021 · In the Constitution and elsewhere, it’s called the right to vote, not the privilege to vote. But our rhetoric has not tracked this reality, leading to those alarming survey...
The right to vote is unlike other constitutional rights and freedoms, such as equality rights, freedom of religion and conscience, and the right to life, liberty and security of the person.
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Aug 19, 2013 · The law cuts back early voting, restricts private groups from conducting voter-registration drives, eliminates election-day voter registration, and imposes the strictest voter-ID rules in the...
