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Originally Posted by pan6467
I did say the Constitution AND Amendments. You are wrong tho, the Const. did not bar anyone from voting. The individual states did.
Amend. 14 is the only place where it says "male" and thusly if females did vote it became illegal.
However, the 15th Amend. states:
It also gave Congress the right to:
And the 19th gave the right to women.
The 24th stated:
the 26th stated:
So the Constitution pretty much covers whoi can vote..... which is anyone over 18 and a citizen of the USA.
This was a power given to Congress by the many amendments and therefore impossible to overturn, unless it infringes on the rights.... which the VRAof1965 does not.
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None of those say that a person's right to vote can't be taken away for other reasons. Case in point: felons aren't allowed to vote. You could deny someone's right to vote as long as it isn't for one of the reasons you nor politicophile mentioned. The right to vote isn't constitutionally guaranteed for everyone 18+.
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Laugh if you will but there are plenty of people who believe that government is too strong and if you took their right to vote away.... I think that may be the straw that breaks the back. I don't think a small revolt is too far away anyway. It's not a question of if but rather when.
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You are right, there are many people who feel the gov't is too strong and would revolt if voting rights were limited. Many of these people live in cabins in the middle of woods and shoot on sight anyone who tresspasses on their land. This is not the majority of people. There would be some mild outcry, but I don't think there would be the great outcry you predict, as many who lost their voting rights would go about their lives.
As for the revolt you speak of coming, I have seen no signs of this whatsoever. There might be some random kooks, but for the most part people realize the futility and senselessness of revolting at this point in time.