"The right of citizens of the United States to vote

[Uncle Joe]

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[Rhiannon12866]

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[Raven123]

2. We need a new amendment

The expressed will of the electorate being necessary to our republican government, the right of the people to free, equal and unfettered access to the ballot shall not be abridged.

[NotASurfer]

3. And the 14th Amendment anticipated some states would still disenfranchise voters

And thoughtfully included a penalty which, to my limited knowledge, has never been used-

...when the right to vote at any election for the choice of electors for President and Vice President of the United States, Representatives in Congress, the Executive and Judicial officers of a State, or the members of the Legislature thereof, is denied to any of the male inhabitants of such State, being twenty-one years of age, and citizens of the United States, or in any way abridged, except for participation in rebellion, or other crime, the basis of representation therein shall be reduced in the proportion which the number of such male citizens shall bear to the whole number of male citizens twenty-one years of age in such State.

Of course the right to vote has been extended since this Amendment was ratified. Together it seems the idea was not just to guarantee the right to vote, but to put some teeth in it as well

[spanone]

4. republicans are actively passing laws and regulations to do just the opposite.