[rjsimmon]

Actually it’s not. There is no “right” to vote mentioned anywhere in the Constitution.

Yep. It is. Rights are not enumerated in the Constitution. Some are merely given protected status.

[Lurker]

Incorrect. Rights are universal and you have them from birth.

Re-read the Constitution.

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[Cboldt]

The US constitution deliberately omits any sort of "right to vote" langauge, because the state involved could not agree on the conditions for allowing a citizen to vote.

This was particularly debated.

The general outline of the Virginia plan was well received. But the question arose over how to elect the members of the two houses of Congress. For half the summer, the convention debated this issue. Some delegates strongly opposed having the people elect the lower house. Roger Sherman of Connecticut distrusted the notion of democracy. People, he said, "should have as little to do as may be about government" because they are "constantly liable to be misled." Others spoke strongly in favor of popular vote, including George Mason of Virginia. Mason had faith in the common man and believed that the members of the lower house "ought to know and sympathize with every part of the community."

The Major Debates at the Constitutional Convention - Constitutional Rights Foundation