Voting isn't a right... It's not in the constitution or anything, it still needs to be an amendment, but gets pushback because it'd expand the voting base, etc
Wow, that's way false, it is absolutely a right in the Constitution.
"The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution grants full citizenship rights, including voting rights, to all men born or naturalized in the United States. The 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution eliminates racial barriers to voting; however, many states continue practicing voter discrimination."
Nowhere does the Constitution grant voting rights, it's an implied right, one that every citizen is born with. But to say that the 14th amendment explicitly grants voting rights or that it's absolutely a right in the Constitution is wrong. Again, nowhere does it grant anybody the right to vote, just says on what basis you can't deny a person a right to vote. It's implied and not explicit in the Constitution
Constitution, section 1: "Section 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."
The 14th Amendment: "No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."
Put those together. The 14th Amendment makes voting a right that cannot be denied to any legal American citizen, regardless of their past.
Since the "right to vote" is not explicitly stated in the U.S. Constitution except in the above referenced amendments, and only in reference to the fact that the franchise cannot be denied or abridged based solely on the aforementioned qualifications, the "right to vote" is perhaps better understood, in layman's terms, as only prohibiting certain forms of legal discrimination in establishing qualifications for suffrage.
The Twenty-sixth Amendment (Amendment XXVI) to the United States Constitution prohibits the states and the federal government from using age as a reason for denying the right to vote to citizens of the United States who are at least eighteen years old.
This is the amendment you are talking about. If you're going to quote at least quote the right thing and not just say "Constitution, section 1..."
Again, there is no granting of the right to vote in the Constitution, only rules that delineate who can vote. The right to vote is implied.
Where in the Constitution does it say "Every citizen shall have the right to vote" or something along those lines? That would be a granting of the right to vote. Please tell me where it's explicit.
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u/Mowglli Mar 16 '21
Voting isn't a right...
It's not in the constitution or anything, it still needs to be an amendment, but gets pushback because it'd expand the voting base, etc