Sunday, February 22, 2015
Text of proposed right to vote amendment:
``Section 1. Every citizen of the United States, who is of legal
voting age, shall have the fundamental right to vote in any public
election held in the jurisdiction in which the citizen resides.
``Section 2. Congress shall have the power to enforce and implement
this article by appropriate legislation.''
What I haven't heard yet is the plan to get the GOP to buy into it. The GOP holds a lion's share of
state houses, and it can't pass without them. So what's their motivation?
Next question, is the amendment self-enforcing? If not, what does it actually do? Congress already
has the power to enact voting legislation, so what does this change? Maybe more control over non-
federal elections, but I doubt that's the point.
update: see this post by heather gerken http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70486, a followup to
http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70461
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