We Must Destroy The Constitution To Save Our Democracy!
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965
This has nothing to do with the process of voting. Only the civil rights of those involved. States can conduct elections as they see fit within their purview under the 10th amendment.
Well, they can’t make you take a test to vote, so obviously there are regulations set by the feds.
Some, but usually only so far as to guarantee constitutional rights (ie, citizens have the right to vote). Beyond that, the Federal Government is limited in what it can assert as the voting process due to the 10th. Checks n' balances and all that. As most matters of law go for the particulars, the truth is complicated and nuanced.
Yep, you’re right...pretty weird I’m getting dog piled for introducing some of that nuance
And? That’s a law that really does no more than reiterate the 14th and 15th amendments which states can not legally violate in the first place.
How ballots are written, tabulated, collected, distributed, how voting locations are chosen, and if ID is necessary, etc. is all handled at the state level
Well...until the feds say it isn’t... I wonder which way the Supreme Court would rule in favor of?
They would most likely punt it down the line and refuse to hear the case.
“But what if something that has not happened proved me right” is not a winning argument
You’re a fucking retard. The 14th and 19th amendments are federal regulations applied to state voting procedures. The voting rights act of 1965 is yet more federal control over this “states right”.
Nothing hypothetical about it. And the line about the SC was sarcasm ROFL