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Voting Rights and the Third Reconstruction, The Constitution in 2020

Professor Pamela Karlan asks: “What would it mean to develop an affirmative conception of the right to vote, one in which the government has an

What Does It Mean to Have A Fundamental Right to Vote?

Professor Derek Muller poses a series of questions about the right-to-vote amendment.

The U.S. Constitution Contains No Explicit Affirmative Individual Right To Vote!

Representative Jesse Jackson, Jr. presents the case for a right-to-vote amendment: “There’s only one way to legally guarantee ‘an equal right to vote’ to every

What Professor Barack Obama Was Trying To Tell Us

An essay by the Reverend Jesse Jackson, Sr. on the need for a constitutional right to vote. “So we won the military battle in 1865.

Creating a Federal Right to Vote

Joshua Fields of the Center for American Progress argues for a right-to-vote amendment: “[A] campaign for a right-to-vote amendment could provide needed attention and focus

The Right to Vote: A Constitutional Amendment Strategy

Political campaigner Steve Cobble lays out a nationwide strategy to win a constitutional right to vote. “At its heart, I believe the American story is