Voting
One country does not allow their people, male or female, to vote and that is Brunei.
1. Australian women, with the exception of aboriginal women, won the vote in 1902. Aborigines, male and female, did not have the right to vote until 1962.
2. Canadian women, with the exception of Canadian Indian women, won the vote in 1917. Canadian Indians, male and female, did not win the vote until 1960. Source: The New York Times, May 22, 2005.
3. South African women won equal voting rights in 1930; however, the voting was restricted to just white people until limited suffrage was offered to other non-black racial groups in the 1950s. Black citizens would not have full voting rights until the end of Apartheid in the 1990s.
4. In Saudi Arabia King Abdullah issued a decree in 2011 ordering that women be allowed to stand as candidates and vote in municipal elections, but their first opportunity did not come until Dec. 2015, almost a year after the king’s death in January.
5. In the US for which was passed by Congress June 4, 1919, and ratified on August 18, 1920, the 19th amendment granted women the right to vote. The 19th amendment guarantees all American women the right to vote.
As Brian Tashman pointed out, “ Our next election depends on Americans asking candidates where they stand on voting rights and making sure they’re committed to policies that support free and fair elections.” This is the most important statement that voters today need to pay attention too.
I myself have a list of people I won’t ever vote for ever or again. (nope I am not sharing) The list contains names of people that have in the past suppressed the vote in one way or another. They refused to see the real picture of what is really going on in the US, and in my State of Georgia.
We all have our reasons for voting for the people that we do. Or we vote for our Party. But at the same time we have many obstacles in our way that stop us from voting. From having your name dropped from the rolls because you missed a couple elections, too missing an initial in your name, or even having the Secretary of State working hard to make voting more difficult. Lets not forget the supposed voter fraud many candidates love to spew from their lips. Or the deliberate moving of the Polling place into a desolate place.
Decades ago voting was a way to get away from the office without the kids and run downtown and vote the person you like into office with like minded adults that cared who was running for office. It’s not the same anymore.
Now days you have to fight for your right to vote. Meanwhile there is always someone out there ready to take your vote away. But in the meantime you need to get through all the crap just to get the opportunity to vote.
Jason Bell said it best; “Your vote absolutely counts, but it doesn’t matter. Yes, you’ll change the total number of people who voted for one candidate, but you won’t change the outcome.”
The big reason is that canandates have rigged the system to make the electoral votes go whichever way they want it to go. So depending if your town or city is for Republicans or Democrats whatever they favor that is the way it will go.
You need only to look at the last Presidential election to see what I mean. Clinton had popular vote in the millions, but Trump still won even though he didn’t have the votes.
The thing is though voting is supposed to be a right and other than age there need not be any other restrictions on people.
Take a look at the following Amendments…
Article XV (Amendment 15 — Rights of Citizens to Vote)
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
Article XVI (Amendment 16 — Income Tax)
The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration.
Congress states that US citizens were not actually guaranteed the right to vote. specifically the enfranchisement and disenfranchisement of different groups, has been contested throughout United States history.
I don’t believe Congress has the right to take our right to vote away period unless we have not reached the age of 18. The last sentence in XV says all we need to know. It says Congress has the power to enforce, but it mentions nothing about the ability to enforce taking our right to vote away. CONGRESS CAN ONLY ENFORCE OUR RIGHT TO VOTE.
As Written…
Look at both XV and XVI The second one is followed to a “T” Gosh forbid if the States and the Feds got their taxes haphazardly. Like clockwork they are busy collecting taxes. They don’t miss a beat when it comes to their precious taxes.
But the voting Amendment is not followed to a “T”. They have continuously done everything in their power to stop people from voting. Why is that? This is not the only Amendments that Congress, and a few States have toyed with to suit themselves over the years. Every time we have an election the one up for election has a field day at disenfranchisement of different groups. But Amendment 16 don’t you dare mess with that one. If you do, it better benefit the Government collecting taxes from the people. Except for the top 2% that only benefits Congress.
