On 12/04/2010 04:04 PM, Lorraine C. Minnite wrote:
a rule
that likely burdens a civil right.
Voting is not a civil right. It is a privilege. There are rights to not
be impeded from exercising the privilege on certain grounds, but as yet
there is no right for everyone to participate. Laws restricting the
vote to persons with a net worth of $1 million or a Ph.D., would be
constitutional, if there were an objective standard for what is net
worth or a Ph.D.
Of course, such restrictions would reduce the representation of the
state in the House of Representatives, so the pressure is toward
inclusion.
-- Jon
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