NYT Room for Debate: Should Voting in An Election Be A Constitutional Right?

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  • Keith EllisonMark Pocan

    Guarantee Basic Principles

    KEITH ELLISON AND MARK POCAN, CONGRESSMEN

    Take politicians in the nearly 10,000 voting jurisdictions out of the business of deciding who can vote and which votes count.

  • Richard L. Hasen

    Enforce Existing Rights, Don’t Amend the Constitution

    RICHARD L. HASEN, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE

    To Chief Justice Roberts, the rights of donors are fundamental to democracy, but protecting African-American voting rights offends state sovereignty.

  • Ilya Shapiro

    An Unnecessary Measure to Meet Exaggerated Needs

    ILYA SHAPIRO, CATO INSTITUTE

    This debate is just an overheated reaction to a misunderstood Supreme Court decision and once uncontroversial ballot-integrity measure.

  • Lani GuinierPenda D. Hair

    Best Way to Remove Burdens

    LANI GUINIER, HARVARD LAW SCHOOL AND PENDA D. HAIR, ADVANCEMENT PROJECT

    Voting should not be a privilege, more easily attainable by those with wealth or power. It should be a protected right, like free speech.

  • Heather K. Gerken

    Amendments Are Too Hard to Achieve and Enforce

    HEATHER K. GERKEN, YALE LAW SCHOOL

    To win backing, it could be made too vague to be effective. If it included specific remedies, it might lose broad-based support.

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