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Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: Why do you care about the RKBA? [View all]stone space
(6,498 posts)66. Do you support the Right to Vote Amendment?
The Constitution mentions the right to vote five times
there are several amendments protecting the right to vote.
You were saying?
there are several amendments protecting the right to vote.
You were saying?
If the Right to Vote is protected by the US Constitution as a basic and fundamental civil and human right, as you claim, then why was Eugene Debs not allowed to vote for himself when he ran for President from his Prison Cell, gaining a million votes, but not his own vote, due to felony disenfranchisement?
Eugene Debs was stripped of his basic and fundamental Right to Vote under the specific constitution that you cite as protecting those rights.
Pocan and Ellison Call on Congress to Pass Right to Vote Constitutional Amendment
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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.
https://pocan.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/pocan-and-ellison-to-introduce-right-to-vote-constitutional-amendment
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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.
https://pocan.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/pocan-and-ellison-to-introduce-right-to-vote-constitutional-amendment
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because it is used to justify the killing of tens of thousands of innocent people just so gunner can
msongs
Apr 2016
#1
Actually, my activism has come lately as well, thanks to people like msongs...
Eleanors38
Apr 2016
#37
No. 2, shooting well is a very frangible skill; it requires constant practice to stay good.
flamin lib
Apr 2016
#35
Correct, the majority of Democrats do not agree with your right wing views on RKBA.
SecularMotion
Apr 2016
#12
Asserting something with which you don't agree is a "talking point"...
discntnt_irny_srcsm
Apr 2016
#15
How many Constitutions and religious texts can you read in their original languages?
stone space
Apr 2016
#81
It's so seldom one sees an an appeal to popularity; it being such a fragile rhetorical device.
Nuclear Unicorn
Apr 2016
#43