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To: Mastador1
I believe that driving is considered a privilege in every state, not a right.

Correct. But voting is also not a right, but a privilege, as the Founders, and numerous SCOTUS rulings, have made undeniably clear.

58 posted on 11/08/2014 12:01:02 PM PST by sourcery (Without the right to self defense, there can be no rights at all.)
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To: sourcery
Correct. But voting is also not a right, but a privilege, as the Founders, and numerous SCOTUS rulings, have made undeniably clear.

As Professor Epps makes clear, not only is there a right to vote in the Constitution, but it’s the single right that appears most often in the Constitution’s text – five times in all. In fact, four separate Amendments – the 15th, 19th, 24th, and 26th – even use the same powerful language to protect it: “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged . . . .” Of course, like every other constitutional right, the right to vote is subject to reasonable restrictions. Nevertheless, it’s just as much a constitutional right as any other embodied in our Constitution.

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74 posted on 11/08/2014 6:50:22 PM PST by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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