2007-11-07 04:38:18 · 7 answers · asked by sonant1 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Elections
When I meet a person who doesn't vote I often ask them if they know how many people have died for their right. It recently occurred to me that I don't really know. I'm looking for numbers, estimates. Of course some wars haven't directly related to this right. Not to take away from the other great causes that people have died fighting for, but in this matter those shouldn't count.
2007-11-08 08:07:16 · update #1
several million,
2007-11-07 04:42:24 · answer #1 · answered by Greg 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, clearly those who died in the Revolutionary War did.
And those who died in WWII, since it was the plan to eventually enslave the entire world.
Other than that, I don't think any of the other wars were at all about your right to vote.
If you're black, many died for your right to vote, before the Voting Rights Act was made law. And blacks wouldn't have voting in the Confederacy, if it had survived.
That's certainly not what the Korean, Vietnam, or our current wars are about. Far from it.
2007-11-07 07:30:36 · answer #2 · answered by tehabwa 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Casualties In US Wars
Total US Casualties in the American Wars ... Contact US. Total Casualties as of AUGUST 16, 2007. Total Serving. Battle Deaths. Other Deaths ...
www.multied.com/desert_storm/Casualties.html -
2007-11-07 04:47:46 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
just one his name is Martin Luther King Jr. oh ya and Susan B. Anthony! No one else all those dead soldiers in the wars before died protecting the status quo not an individuals right to vote!
2007-11-07 04:50:44 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
How many deaths do you need? Go to the American cemetery at Normandy Beach and stand among the crosses, row on row.
Go to Arlington National Cemetery and stand amongst the crosses, row upon row, which stretch further than you can see.
Stand in silence at the changing of the guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Go to your county seat this Sunday and attend the Veteran's Day observance at the county war memorial. The list of such places itself stretches further than you can see. How many deaths do you need?
2007-11-07 04:58:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Constitution does not give you the right to vote. It is up to each state whether or not to "allow" us to vote. Consider yourself lucky.
2007-11-07 04:43:50 · answer #6 · answered by Marilyn A 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
A whole shitloaddfg
2007-11-07 04:43:16 · answer #7 · answered by AK 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋