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Default Re: Voting and driving as rights/ statuatory rights

I'll give you some more voting rights in the constitution

Amendment 15 - Race No Bar to Vote. Ratified 2/3/1870. History

1. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.



Amendment 19 - Women's Suffrage. Ratified 8/18/1920. History

The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.

Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.


Amendment 24 - Poll Tax Barred. Ratified 1/23/1964. History

1. The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President, for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax.

2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

Amendment 26 - Voting Age Set to 18 Years. Ratified 7/1/1971. History

1. The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age.

2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.


It is a right in the us constitution.

It doesn't matter if it was in the original bill of rights, it is in the original constitution as how we elect the president, it is in the constitution several times as an amendment.

If we wright a new amendment that says it is a right to wear a pink hat then it is a right protected by the constitution.

The ruling of the supreme court.

1: only applies to that instance the only time in history they ever limited a ruling like that.

and

2. Only said that the federal system doesn't dictate how a vote is conducted only the states do that.

However...

The means of conducting must be not violated the protected rights of voting set within the constitution.

A state can set any way of conducting a vote.

The feds cannot intervene there..
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