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Katzenbach (1966), the Supreme Court held that the Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a constitutional method to enforce the Fifteenth Amendment. A few months later, on the thirteenth day of June, the Supreme Court held that section 4(e) of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was constitutional in the case of Katzenbach v. Morgan (1966).
The strength of our democracy rests on the engagement of its people. We need a president with not just the numbers to win, but the overwhelming support to lead with clarity and purpose.
The right to vote is the foundation of any democracy. Chief Justice Earl Warren, for example, wrote in Reynolds v. Sims, 377 U.S. 533, 555 (1964): "The right to vote freely for the candidate of one's choice is of the essence of a democratic society, and any restrictions on that right strike at the heart of representative government ...
the gradual expansion of voting rights from the initial restriction to white male property owners aged 21 or older in the early years of the country's independence to all citizens aged 18 or older in the mid-20th century. [1] policies that have made it easier or harder for eligible people to register and vote; the competitiveness of elections
Many of the proposals being advanced by state Republicans would be prohibited under the For the People Act (H.R. 1), a voting rights bill currently in the Senate after it was passed in the House of Representatives on a nearly party-line vote (one Democrat voted against) in early March.
Maybe you’re like Olori Manns. The 49-year-old Akron man has never voted. He always thought his vote didn’t matter. But after recently starting a job registering people to vote for the Freedom ...
In a democracy, voters never really speak with one voice—and they’re often wrong. ... somewhere around a quarter to a third of “the people” voted for someone else. ... But Plato was right ...
The Ethics of Voting by Jason Brennan, a 2011 book examining whether people have a moral obligation to vote. Brennan argued that people are not morally obliged to vote, but that if they do vote, they are obliged to vote responsibly. He argued that people who are not confident that they can vote well should refrain from voting.