Conservatives Want the Antebellum Constitution Back

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Following its ratification by the requisite three-fourths of the states, the 15th Amendment, granting African American men the right to vote, is formally adopted into the U.S. Constitution.
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Fifteenth Amendment - Section 1

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.

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“… Fewer voting sites means fewer voters … [a political science professor said.] ‘If you move a polling place farther away … then they’re less likely to vote because [of the cost] … The cost can be your time. It can be your gas’ …”

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The core lesson: voting rights have to be protected in practice, not just promised on paper.

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“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.” #FifteenthAmendment #ConstitutionDay #Constitution #Quote

2) No #discrimination that aims to deny or restrict the #VotingRights of any #racial or language minority group, according to Texas Redistricting (.gov). This requirement stems from the #USConstitution #FourteenthAmendment and #FifteenthAmendment and the federal #VotingRightsAct of 1965.

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#FifteenthAmendment, which protected the right of #Black #men to #vote, and it read:

It’s been a long time coming.
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