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Pab Sungenis

(9,612 posts)
Tue Jun 25, 2013, 11:33 PM Jun 2013

The only way to fix the Voting Rights Act decision.

JOINT RESOLUTION

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to safeguard the right to vote.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each House concurring therein), That the following article is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States:

"Article--
"Section 1: The right of citizens of sufficient age of the United States to vote shall not be denied, inhibited, infringed, nor abridged by the United States or by any State.
"Section 2: Congress shall have the power to enforce this Amendment by appropriate legislation."


Only an Amendment establishing an affirmative Right to Vote can protect us.
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The only way to fix the Voting Rights Act decision. (Original Post) Pab Sungenis Jun 2013 OP
It's not detailed enough Bannakaffalatta Jun 2013 #1
No, the Court only found that the 'formula' was unconstitutional, Congress has to come up... PoliticAverse Jun 2013 #2
^^^^____^^^ you read the damn thing too nadinbrzezinski Jun 2013 #3
 

Bannakaffalatta

(94 posts)
1. It's not detailed enough
Tue Jun 25, 2013, 11:41 PM
Jun 2013

It won't stop gerymandering, identification rules, changes of venue, literacy tests (remember those?) disqualifications for traffic offenses by someone with a similar name....

They want their slaves (coloured and gendered) back. At any price.

PoliticAverse

(26,366 posts)
2. No, the Court only found that the 'formula' was unconstitutional, Congress has to come up...
Tue Jun 25, 2013, 11:48 PM
Jun 2013

with a different formula to use to decide which states the provisions of the act apply to.

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