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The Polarisation Episode

The Last Best Hope?

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There Is No Right to Vote in the United States

There is no right to vote for the electors of the president in the Constitution of the United States. Bush v. Gore decided that you say you disagree with their decision, but they're right about that. Because of the Equal Protection Clause, the 14th Amendment, there is an implication of the right to vote,. But it's not a positive right to vote. The post civil war amendments allow the federal government to punish states who prevent people from voting according to certain arbitrary categories.

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