Quote:"The right to vote" in mentioned 5 times in the U.S. Constitution, in varying forms of saying the right to vote shall not be abridged or denied, in all but one instance. If your argument is that it does not specifically say "every citizen has the right to vote", well then you also do not believe in the Constitutional right to bear arms, freedom of speech or protection for search or seizure, because the semantics are the same. None of those rights are explicitly guaranteed, but all are protected from denial or abridgment (even tough all have qualifications).

 

It mentions the right to vote shall not be denied for specific reasons, no where in the constitution does it say that voting itself is a right. It's why we've had to amend the voting laws so many times, from landowners exclusively all the way to women and minorities. However not a single one of those Amendments creates a universal right to vote, they simply place restrictions on what states can do to restrict voter access.

 

No one is denying that the constitution forbids restricting voter access based upon Race, Religions, Gender or Financial Status. That is however very different from the now normalized term of the "right to vote".

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