Quote:It speaks of a "right of citizens" to vote in each amendment. Ergo, it acknowledges a right to vote exists.


I am a political neutral, who does not vote with no dogs in this fight. I just enjoy history and the intrigue of court battles. I just feel from a strictly detached viewpoint, when the amendments spoke of that right to vote, they acknowledged well...a right to vote.

I can copy it if you like but the 15th amendment clearly states that the right to vote can not be abridged by anyone based on race color or previous servitude. It doesn't say everyone had a right to vote.


The qualifications for voting has changed numerous times from landowners to white males to males to all genders and so on each one adding more and more people to the fold. But none of them specifically establish a universal right to vote. Voting is an act of participation a civic duty hell a responsibility but not a right.


The law as it is today says we can't prevent participation based upon race color servitude gender religion or ability to pay.

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