“But it is the State that gives us the right to vote.”
WE THE PEOPLE give the Federal government a very limited few of our Creator given rights and also give our various state governments a few more of the rights we retained over the Feds.
The power of OUR government comes from us and thanks to public education, that salient point seems lost.
The Constitution dictates who may or may not serve a President and when there is a legitimate dispute as to the validity of this President to hold our...again OUR.. highest office it is imperative that WE THE PEOPLE have standing.
If the ruling elite can twist our Creator given rights to the point where we no longer have “standing” before our highest court then we are no longer the Land of the Free, and I suspect the elite have been planning this for some time.
If on the other hand Robby, you meant exactly what you posted then we should just agree to a friendly disagreement and move on to another thread.
If you look at the Constitution, you note that the right to vote for a member of the House of Representative will be determined by the State. If he can vote for the popular branch of the state legislature he is eligible to vote for a member of the national popular branch. In the beginning that states limited this right but gradually extended the privilege to almost all white male residents. Now of course the right is almost universal. The right to vote in a republic is a kind of office. That is why in many states it was first limited to the pater familias: one family or household, one vote, with the male head casting the ballot for all. Once you get to universal suffrage, of course, then its meaning changes: just an expression of person opinion.