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I don’t see what all the fuss in the US about that so-called “voter suppression” is.
Voting in the US is governed by the Constitution of the United States of America, specifically Article 1 Section 4
The times, places and manner of holding elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each state by the legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by law make or alter such regulations, except as to the places of choosing Senators.
True, there are three other sections the 15th Amendment
the 19th Amendment
and the 26th Amendment
that deal with voting, but those sections only deal with specific criteria which can NOT be used to deny a person the right to vote.
Since there are specific criteria that can NOT be used to deny a person the right to vote, and since those criteria WERE, prior to the passing of the 15th, 19th, and 26th Amendments, used to deny persons the right to vote, that implies (and the legal rule of "expressio unius est exclusio alterius" (a principle in statutory construction: when one or more things of a class are expressly mentioned others of the same class are excluded) that any other criterion that is NOT specifically ruled out by the Constitution of the United States of America IS allowable. To give an incredibly silly example, a State could restrict its electorate to “persons having attained a height of 5’ 11” or greater” and that would be “constitutionally allowable” until such time as the Constitution of the United States of America was amended to include
Voting in the US is governed by the Constitution of the United States of America, specifically Article 1 Section 4
The times, places and manner of holding elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each state by the legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by law make or alter such regulations, except as to the places of choosing Senators.
True, there are three other sections the 15th Amendment
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.
the 19th Amendment
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 sex.
and the 26th Amendment
The right of citizens of the United States, who are 18 years of age or older, to vote, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any state on account of age.
that deal with voting, but those sections only deal with specific criteria which can NOT be used to deny a person the right to vote.
Since there are specific criteria that can NOT be used to deny a person the right to vote, and since those criteria WERE, prior to the passing of the 15th, 19th, and 26th Amendments, used to deny persons the right to vote, that implies (and the legal rule of "expressio unius est exclusio alterius" (a principle in statutory construction: when one or more things of a class are expressly mentioned others of the same class are excluded) that any other criterion that is NOT specifically ruled out by the Constitution of the United States of America IS allowable. To give an incredibly silly example, a State could restrict its electorate to “persons having attained a height of 5’ 11” or greater” and that would be “constitutionally allowable” until such time as the Constitution of the United States of America was amended to include
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 height.
People may not LIKE what is being done to “the right to vote” but they should also realize that, in the United States of America there is (at law) NO SUCH THING. True, it is a “cultural expectation” that people actually have the right to vote, but there is no constitutional, or other legislative, REQUIREMENT that people be allowed to vote. You might want to think of that "cultural expectation" as a "fundamental freedom" (which is a thing that is essential to the form of society that you want to have [and which schoolchildren are taught America has]).
After all, no matter how hard you search the US Constitution you will NOT find
Democratic rights of citizens
Every citizen of the United States of America has the right to vote in an election of members of the United States of America House of Representatives, the United States of America Senate, or of any legislative assembly of the state wherein they reside and to be qualified for membership therein.
(Obviously, since Americans do NOT vote for the offices of President or Vice-President, there is no need to have those offices included in that “democratic right”.)
If that “Democratic right of citizens” is what Americans WANT to have, then they had better get off their duffs and pass the appropriate legislation.
The same argument applies to “redistricting”, “location and number of polling places”, “advance voting”, “absentee ballots”, “voting by mail”, “voter ID” and any of the other issues that those people who favor “democratic rights of citizens” have a cultural expectation that they will be implemented so as to increase the ability of the electorate to participate in the electoral process and which those who do not favor “democratic rights of citizens” want to use to restrict the ability of the electorate to participate in the electoral process.
[ASIDE – With regard to “Voter ID” why not simply issue new Social Security cards that have the cardholder’s picture on them? After all, don’t all legally eligible voters already have an SSN, and isn’t that – in reality – a “National Identity Card”, and wouldn’t having the card holder’s picture on the card help to reduce Social Security fraud?]