Show The WEEKLY n CONS CONSTITUTIONAL TIT UTI I BERNS Right to Vote Vot Who has hns the right to vote for representatives rep rep- In Longress Since Sinco the right to vote rote Is not the same In all states Article 1 l of or our Constitution takes care of or this this' for national elections by providing that the Uthe electors voters in each state tate shall have the qualifications requisite site alte for the tho electors of or the most numerous branch of or the state legis lature The Federalist famous authority on our Constitution summarizes this by stating Who are to be lie the electors of or voters for Cor the federal representatives Not the rich more than the poor not the learned more than the ignorant not the haughty heirs of or distinguished names more than the bumble sons of ot obscurity and unpropitious for tune The electors are to be the great body of or the people of or the United States They are to be the same who exercise the tho right In In every State of or electing the corre corresponding corresponding corre branch of ot the tho legislature of ot the State v u Our Constitution has extended this further by providing that the right of or citizens of r the United States shall not be denied or abridged by the United Jailed States or by any on account of or race color or ur previous pr previous vl ous condition of or servitude r 4 Amendment Am or on account of or sex Woman Woman Suffrage Amendment Amendment Amend ment as provided in the and Amendments our Constitution lut on gl gives s states the right to fir Uz the qualifications of or voters but does not give the states power to control election of or members of oC Congress Next Week Making the Rules Copyright 1936 by Max Berna Berns |