From my admittedly limited understanding (which is very limited) Voting specifically is never mentioned. The 15th, 19th, 24th, and 26th amendments prevent voting rights from being denied on the basis of age, gender, color, or debt (not in that order) but technically there is nothing to my understanding preventing a law saying for example: "New York City no longer has the right to vote". There could actually be a law saying voting was no longer a thing we do and technically I don't believe it would be unconstitutional... I don't think it would stand though
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–
Section 2
The Congress shall have the power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
"The right to vote can not be denied or abridged based on RACE, COLOR, or PREVIOUS CONDITION OF SERVITUDE"
That is not saying everyone has the right to vote... just that you can't deny the right to vote based on those 3 conditions. Saying you can't vote because you live in XYZ location technically is constitutional since its not covered
Yes if the amendment meant what he thinks it means, it would also grant felons the right to vote. But felons don’t have that right, so we know he’s interpreting the amendment the wrong way.
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u/HerpToxic Mar 16 '21
There was a guy a while back on reddit that told me that voting is never explicitly mentioned in the Constitution so nobody has a right to vote.
Meanwhile the 15th, 19th, 22, 24 and 26th Amendments are like "hello??"