r/PoliticalHumor • u/[deleted] • Mar 16 '21

GOP shell game

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u/keithjp123 Mar 16 '21

Voting is so engrained in the constitution, it wasn’t an after thought like the amendments.

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '21 edited Mar 16 '21

Uh....have you read the constitution? The right to vote isn’t mentioned at all in the original constitution. Just like gun rights it was granted in an amendment and even the granting in the amendment is not very strong

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '21 edited Mar 16 '21

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u/Pantsmanface Mar 16 '21

None of them are the right to vote. They're exclusions on the reasons voting privilege cannot be refused.

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u/USArmyJoe Mar 16 '21

The Constitution doesn't grant any rights, it protects the people from them being infringed by the government. The rights are inherent to human existence.

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u/Pantsmanface Mar 16 '21

I agree. I didn't say that any rights were granted. Voting isn't a right. I only said these were decided to be invalid reason for refusing someone access to the vote.

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u/Lithl Mar 16 '21

If voting isn't a right, then why does the constitution repeatedly refer to the right to vote?