OMG - it's hiding in plain view. ..:lol:
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged...
What is VOTE?
Suffrage; the expression of his will, preference, or choice, formally manifested by a member of a legislative or deliberative body, or of a constituency or a body of qualified electors, in regard to the decision to be made by the body as a whole upon any proposed measure or proceeding, or the selection of an officer or representative. And the aggregate of the expressions of will or choice, thus manifested by individuals, is called tlie "vote of the body." See Maynard v. Board of Canvassers, 84 Midi. 228, 47 N. W. 756, 11 L. R. A. 332; Gillespie v. Palmer, 20 Wis. 546; Davis v. Brown, 46 W. Va. 716, 34 S. E. 839.
http://thelawdictionary.org/vote/
We do not have the right to vote, have suffrage...OK.What is SUFFRAGE?
A vote; the act of voting; the right or privilege of casting a vote at public elections. The last is the meaning of the term in such phrases as "the extension of the suffrage." "universal suffrage," etc. See Spitzer v. Fulton, 33 Misc. Rep. 257, 08 N. Y. Supp. COO.
http://thelawdictionary.org/suffrage/
As seen from both sides of the mirrorWe do not have the right to vote, have suffrage...OK.
U.S. Constitution is not explicit on the right to vote, Wisconsin Rep. Mark Pocan says
http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin...stitution-not-explicit-right-vote-wisconsin-/
I duhknow, maybe I ain't as sharp as I once was.The individual citizen has no [explicit] federal constitutional right to vote for electors for the President of the United States unless and until the state legislature chooses a statewide election as the means to implement its power to appoint members of the Electoral College. U.S. Const., Art. II, §1.
The right to vote is protected in more than the initial allocation of the franchise. Equal protection applies as well to the manner of its exercise. Having once granted the right to vote on equal terms, the State may not, by later arbitrary and disparate treatment, value one person's vote over that of another.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/00-949.ZPC.html
You are trying too hard to retain your position. Why is it that a felon must be convicted to revoke his right to vote via due process. Go forth and do as you see fit. Not worth arguing the point(s). The words are there for all to read...read as you see fit.Why read so carefully the 2A to see what it really says, rather than what TPTB wants us to think, but then blindly accept their version of a right that does not exist.
All three of those amendments presume a right to vote never mentioned in the founding documents. Does a felon have an affirmative right to vote? Where is that infringement allowed?
Sorry Grape, and my fellow members, I will now return to our regularly scheduled thread topic.As seen from both sides of the mirror
Sorry Grape, and my fellow members, I will now return to our regularly scheduled thread topic.
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Before you go, would you mind reading Section 4 of Article 1? https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/articlei#section4
Defines the process for holding elections.Section 4. The times, places and manner of holding elections...
Similar intent with explicit language as the MO constitution. Then again, some may have (use) a differing definition of suffrage.
Again, sorry for the drift.Section 6. Free elections; consent of governed. That all elections ought to be free; and that all men, having sufficient evidence of permanent common interest with, and attachment to, the community, have the right of suffrage...
So, society only moves forward because of government?
Alternatively, by "moves forward" you mean the steady diminishment of freedom that's been going on in America under the federal government since administration of George Washington?
Actually, your question contains a false premise--that government moves a society forward.
Have you researched the history of a) why they lose, among other things, their franchise and b) the arguments it took (in places where it has been done) to restore voting rights to them while not restoring other rights?
If they have served their time and want their rights restored why are they not buttonholing members of the General Assembly to make that happen? Who is doing all that lobbying "on their behalf" and what drives those folks to do that?
We do not have the right to vote, have suffrage...OK.
... The words are there for all to read...read as you see fit.
Defines the process for holding elections.
Similar intent with explicit language as the MO constitution. Then again, some may have (use) a differing definition of suffrage.
Again, sorry for the drift.
I guess we could go on fer a wee bit longer and agree to being agreeable. Anyway, when you get around to actually reading what I have posted we can move on back to the topic posed in the OP.Ah! The "right of suffrage" - in other words the right to vote. Some people have rights, others do not or may have their rights restricted/taken away.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/suffrage
stay safe.
Suffrage: noun affranchisement, autonomy, choice, emancipation, enfranchisement, exemption from connrol, exemption from restraint, franchise, freedom, freeeom of choice, liberation, liberty, license, manumission, option, popular decision, prerogative, right to vote, say, self-determination, self-government, suffragium, voice, vote.
Associated concepts: election law, voters' rights.
http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Sufferage
What is SUFFRAGE? A vote; the act of voting; the right or privilege of casting a vote at public elections. The last is the meaning of the term in such phrases as "the extension of the suffrage." "universal suffrage," etc. See Spitzer v. Fulton, 33 Misc. Rep. 257, 08 N. Y. Supp. COO.
http://thelawdictionary.org/suffrage/
This is the last I will comment on the definition of suffrage, the right to vote. Both terms are used in various state constitutions as well as the federal constitution. Those who deny the explicit intent of their meaning and use...have a good day.Suffrage Law & Legal Definition
Suffrage is the right or privilege of casting a vote at a public election. It also means a vote or the act of voting.
The word suffrage comes from Latin suffragium, meaning "vote". Suffrage is used to describe not only the legal right to vote, but also to the practical question of the opportunity to vote, which is sometimes denied those who have a legal right. In the United States, extension of suffrage was part of Jacksonian democracy.
In United States the eligibility to vote is determined by both federal and state law. In the U.S. only a citizen has the right to vote. In the absence of any federal or state law, each state has its own discretion to establish qualifications for suffrage and candidacy within their own jurisdiction. The Unites States Constitution specifically states about the right to vote.
The Voting Rights Act, 1965 governs the voting rights in Unites States. The Statute specifically states that the voting right of a person cannot be abridged for reasons like:
1. The no religious test clause;
2. Race, color, or previous condition of servitude;
3. On account of sex;
4. By reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax; and
5. Who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote. [42 U.S.C. 1973]