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pnwmom

(110,217 posts)
Thu Jun 27, 2013, 11:20 PM Jun 2013

Is there a civil liberty more fundamental than the right to vote?

How can any Rethug pretend to be for civil liberties when they are doing everything they can to restrict the right to vote?

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Is there a civil liberty more fundamental than the right to vote? (Original Post) pnwmom Jun 2013 OP
Yes. The right to be silent. The right to say 'No.' . . Journeyman Jun 2013 #1
sorry but there is NO right to vote in the US constitution. nt msongs Jun 2013 #2
There are several amendments that deal explicitly with voting rights Art_from_Ark Jun 2013 #4
I was asking from a general philosophical perspective, pnwmom Jun 2013 #5
the right to actual choice: "none of the above" sigmasix Jun 2013 #3

Art_from_Ark

(27,247 posts)
4. There are several amendments that deal explicitly with voting rights
Fri Jun 28, 2013, 01:16 AM
Jun 2013

For example, the 15th, 19th, 24th, and 26th amendments.

sigmasix

(794 posts)
3. the right to actual choice: "none of the above"
Thu Jun 27, 2013, 11:50 PM
Jun 2013

If we had the ability to register our true distaste for the limited choices offered by "the powers that be" we would have politicians that reflect reasonable approaches and disdain for the extremists. All it would take would be the inclusion of a "none of the above" choice on every partisan ballot.

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