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I hope this isn;t too political
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<blockquote data-quote="1982vett" data-source="post: 593246" data-attributes="member: 7795"><p>Aah, no it's not. Common misconception. Your vote is protected against <em>discrimination</em>.</p><p></p><p><em><strong>This is not meant to be argumentative or political, just informative.</strong></em></p><p></p><p> <a href="http://www.thenation.com/doc/20060206/jackson" target="_blank">http://www.thenation.com/doc/20060206/jackson</a></p><p></p><p> The Right to Vote</p><p></p><p>The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not </p><p>be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.</p><p>— Fifteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (1870)</p><p> </p><p>The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not </p><p>be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.</p><p>— Nineteenth Amendment (1920)</p><p> </p><p>The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any </p><p>primary or other election . . . shall not be denied or abridged . . . by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax.</p><p>— Twenty-fourth Amendment (1964)</p><p> </p><p>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.</p><p>— Twenty-sixth Amendment (1971) </p><p><a href="http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/rightsof/vote.htm" target="_blank">http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/rightsof/vote.htm</a> </p><p></p><p>I don't mean to be confrontational, but a right to vote is not in the Constitution. </p><p>And by all means, <strong>VOTE</strong> :!:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="1982vett, post: 593246, member: 7795"] Aah, no it's not. Common misconception. Your vote is protected against [i]discrimination[/i]. [i][b]This is not meant to be argumentative or political, just informative.[/b][/i] [url=http://www.thenation.com/doc/20060206/jackson]http://www.thenation.com/doc/20060206/jackson[/url] The Right to Vote 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. — Fifteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (1870) 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. — Nineteenth Amendment (1920) The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election . . . shall not be denied or abridged . . . by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax. — Twenty-fourth Amendment (1964) 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. — Twenty-sixth Amendment (1971) [url=http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/rightsof/vote.htm]http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/rightsof/vote.htm[/url] I don't mean to be confrontational, but a right to vote is not in the Constitution. And by all means, [b]VOTE[/b] :!: [/QUOTE]
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