That's all well and good, but it's being largely ignored with respect to the evident Citizenship requirement. This proposal -- yeah, I know: it obviously has no shot with Democrats -- is crafted to require integrity in the election process... with teeth to back it up. It is intended to provide a means to enforce the 26th along with providing permanent protection for elections.
Constructive suggestions welcomed.
Well written .
It would be a useless amendment. The ones enforcing it would dictate the terms, and we’d have what we currently have if that were the Dems.
An amendment that set the voting age to 24, allowed only property owners to vote, forbade those on the dole a vote.
Too many amendments already. We need to erase a few. One gave us prohibition another repealed it if I’m right.
“ability to vote in any state or Federal elections is a privilege”
Your amendment says privilege but there are multiple references in the constitution to the right to vote.
Elections are not federal.
The Feds cannot tell my town how to run its election.
Seems redundant if we have the 26th amendment already?
Try passing this as an act of Congress first.
You cant legislate patriotism. It just wont work.
Nothing stipulates the definition of “citizen”.
Forgot No mail-in ballots and paper ballots retained.
Any amendment such as this has to include a provision giving any state standing to bring an action under it, even against another state.
I suggest a veteran’s clause.
veterans get a pass on citizenship proof, and all othet legal requirements per this amendment.
Needs photo ID.
Felons or those in prison, can’t vote.
This would disproportionately hurt the Democrats, so there is no way it could get a two-thirds vote in both houses of Congress, or be ratified by three fourths of the states.
I would suggest the records be maintained in perpetuity. There is no shortage of digital storage space. 180 million records cannot be scrutinized with other than electronic means. Whatever we pass, bad actors like Elias, with the help of AI will design a workaround that fits within the law after several trips to a friendly judge. Without archival records, it will be impossible to discern the evolving shenanigans in a timely manner.
I agree with other replies which call for a definitive definition of "citizen." We should also figure out a methodology to involve the SSA into this. Their records show exactly that individual SSN's are being used by multiple people, probably in different states. Use of these numbers is likely validating illegal voters.
Don’t forget paper ballots.
Won’t happen
IIRC-—CURRENT LAW requires all election records be maintained for at least 22 months.....
My comments and suggestions are below.
Whereas, the United States of America operates as a Republic of sovereign States and is governed by representatives who are elected by the People, it is therefore vital that all levels government aid the several states by endorsing election integrity efforts of all elections by these means:
- ensuring that only eligible citizen voters participate;
- ensuring that all eligible citizen voters have exactly one opportunity to participate in each election;
and- ensuring the results reflect the intentions of the electorate to the highest accuracy possible
.; and- ensuring that violations of this amendment are prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
The ability to vote in anystate or Federalelectionsis a privilege, available to those able to offer proof of United States citizenship, age, and the competency to declare their intentions on their own behalf.
Every jurisdiction holding an election or any other function with the purpose of having constituencies vote for governing representatives shall ensure the following:
- That all voters conform to the voting laws within their jurisdiction.
- That all voters present a form of government-issued identification that positively establishes their identity, age, and citizenship status in order to vote or to obtain ballots to vote in absentia.
- That no voter completes more than one ballot in any single election.
- That no person completes a ballot on behalf of another person, excepting those physically unable to do so. Such persons may designate a single representative to act on their behalf by means of legal proxy.
- That all votes cast accurately reflect the selections of each eligible voter.
- That individual voter records never become public.
- That all voting records are maintained until at least one calendar year after all election results are legally satisfied.
All governing jurisdictions failing to enforce the provisions given in Section 2 may be subject to sanctions including but not limited to fines, imprisonment, or the nullification of election results.Any individual person found violating any of the provisions of Section 2 will be guilty of a felony, and subject to the appropriate penalties.
Relief may be sought by anyone harmed by failure to enforce these provisions, including individual voters and candidates of the jurisdiction.
Legal claims against any election for violation of these provisions must be filed promptly,
within 30 days of any electionno earlier than 60 days before voting begins and no later than 30 days after voting ends, notwithstanding any competing ordinances. Such claims must originate in the court of appropriate jurisdiction.
Whenever any State has held an election for the purpose of choosing electors to the Electoral College, and has failed to make a choice on the day prescribed by law, the electors may be appointed on a subsequent day in such a manner as the legislature of such State may direct.
The Congress andThe several States have sole jurisdiction over their own elections and shall have the power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
-PJ
No computer voting. Everything done on optical scanned ballots. That way way, they can be counted automated or manually by sight if needed.