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11 Dec 2003 03:18:58 PM |
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Where in the Constitution is the right to vote ? |
Where in the Constitution is the right to vote ?
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The meaning of the 15th Amendment, is that if [IF] one race is allowed to vote,
all races are allowed to vote.
The US government retains the option of not allowing anybody to vote.
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| User: "none of the above" |
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| Title: Re: Where in the Constitution is the right to vote ? |
12 Dec 2003 09:22:06 AM |
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<grub@internet.charitydays.co.uk> wrote in message
news:u7nhtvs9pt8sv4hle84ghsnp21tsdea75l@4ax.com...
Where in the Constitution is the right to vote ?
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The meaning of the 15th Amendment, is that if [IF] one race is allowed to
vote,
all races are allowed to vote.
The US government retains the option of not allowing anybody to vote.
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You misunderstand the Constitution. The constitution does not confer rights
upon the people, it restricts powers of the government.
"We the people of the United States.....do ordain and establish this
Constitution for the United States of America."
The people retain all of the rights. We have been deceived into thinking
that the Government controls us. It controls us only as far as we consent
to be controlled.
The government does not give us the right to vote so it can not take it
away. If the government does not provide for elections, the people can have
them anyway.
Stop thinking of government as something that exists on it's own. It exists
at the pleasure of the people. One might ask if flooding the country with
new citizens that do not come from democratic traditions might be a way to
change the nature of who "the people" are.
If the people are not vigilant in overseeing their creation, they may loose
control. When less than half of the people vote, the government really
doesn't to remove the right to vote. Voting should not be seen as a right,
but a responsibility.
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| User: "vvvv" |
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| Title: Re: Where in the Constitution is the right to vote ? |
12 Dec 2003 02:17:41 AM |
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look at Article I, Section 2, for the House, and Amendment 17, which Amends
Article I, Section 3, for the Senate.
most of the rights are like that: the gov't may not abridge rights. if the
gov't makes an abridgement of the right to vote, it cannot do so on the
basis of race (Amend 15), sex (Amend 19), tax status(Amend 24?), legal age
(Amend 26).
i guess it's pretty ambiguous, like everything else in there.
<grub@internet.charitydays.co.uk> wrote in message
news:u7nhtvs9pt8sv4hle84ghsnp21tsdea75l@4ax.com...
Where in the Constitution is the right to vote ?
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The meaning of the 15th Amendment, is that if [IF] one race is allowed to
vote,
all races are allowed to vote.
The US government retains the option of not allowing anybody to vote.
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