Why are congress going over the peoples right to vote?

Question

This is something I'm really interested in and I have no idea of how to figure this out so sorry this may seem like a dumb question to some but I just heard it through the grape vine and wanted to know more about it.

So its not true there trying to do away with african americans right to vote because majority of us don't vote? I'm only 16 I just heard a teacher say this.

Answer 1

I believe this is what you are asking about.

The 15th amendment to the Constitution states: 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. Section 2. The Congress shall have the power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

The National Voting Rights Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. §§ 1973-1973aa-6)[1] outlawed the requirement that would-be voters in the United States take literacy tests or pay a poll tax to qualify to register to vote, and it provided for federal registration of voters — instead of state or local voter registration which had often been denied to minorities and poor voters — in areas that had less than 50% of eligible minority voters registered. The act also provided for Department of Justice oversight to registration, and the Department's approval for any change in voting law in districts whose populations were at least 5% Black. It was signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson on August 6, 1965, and signed for a 25 year extension by President George W. Bush on July 27, 2006.

Answer 2

I think I know what you are talking about. There has been some questions about voting practices in various areas. Electronic voting machines with no paper trail, what it takes to be registered to vote - this gets sticky cause you got local issues and candidates, regional issues and candidates, state issues and candidates, and of course the national issues and candidates. What constitutes citizenship? Well you can be a citizen of cetain jurisdictions and be able to vote on local issues just by living there for 30 days - you can't vote on national level cuz you might not be a U.S. Citizen. So, what to do, what to do?? A National ID card? More restrictive qualifications to register to vote? (You know dead people voted in the last national election - on both sides of the aisle???)

That's the sort of stuff that Congress and the Senate has been going over every so often since the last Presidential election.

Answer 3

Will try and help. Either your talking about the electronic voting machines which are suceptible to tampering and were probably tampered with the last election or you want to know about the disenfranchisement laws passed by some states which makes it illegal for felons(people convicted of a felony crime) to vote while they are incarcerated or even after they have served their time. The disenfranchisement laws in some states can directly affect the results of an election--the reason being that the persons afftected by it are usually poor or middle class and usually democratic. Their numbers are so large in some states that they could influence the majority of votes if they were allowed. In Montana, only incarcerated felons cannot vote, however, many have been lied to by social workers parole officers, and the like telling them that they cannot vote the rest of their lives. Sounds boring,but its important--hope i helped...

Answer 4

Congress is not reconsidering the peoples' right to vote.

Your teacher is an ignoramus and I'm sorry that you have to listen to this sort of swill when you could be learning. I think you should share what your teacher said with your principal and parents because this person isn't educating you.

No one wants to take voting rights away from blacks. Even the most racist politicians don't and I'll tell you why.
Democrats take the black vote for granted. They want blacks to vote because they believe blacks will vote for them.
Republicans want blacks to vote because blacks are becoming increasingly conservative (tend to be religious and like the "moral values" platform).

To be honest, your teacher sounds as if he/she is trying to teach you to be a racist.

Answer 5

Congress isn't doing anything with the people's right to vote.

Answer 6

I don't know, but I do know that after the fall elections, republican congressmen will be seeking employment elsewhere.

The changes, they are ah coming . . . . . . .Big Time!

Be sure you are registered to vote!

Darryl S.

Answer 7

where did you here that? It's load of hogwash