Law requiring a birth certificate to register to vote advance moves to appeals court

The Washington Times ^ | November 4, 2018 | Rowan Scarborough

[Electric Graffiti]

There’s no right to vote. Those amendments just state that you can’t discriminate on sex, race or age(18)

[Blood of Tyrants]

The 14th Amendment does not guarantee that illegals can vote.

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

Because, to the left, if you’re a citizen, you suck. You are old, probably remember a time when it was applauded that you think for yourself. Now, that’s grossly undesirable.

[Rockingham]

A passport and a drivers license both require proof of citizenship, which is usually accomplished via a birth certificate.

[Scram1]

A passport, original Social Security card, raised seal birth certificate, W2 form copy, gas bill, and others did I present recently at the Arkansas revenue office,
There are at least twenty items potentially available for use on the list including concealed carry permit for the new enhanced Arkansas ID drivers license,
The state of Arkansas scanned my passport and other documents into the database and asked me about voter registration.

[blueplum]

Since this is not the EU, I think requiring a BC to vote or obtain a DL is a bit much like ‘presenting papers’. The BC being a very private document and so subject to supreme identity theft. Not to mention, forcing everyone to jump through yet another privacy invasion hoop is an insult to legacy Americans. And, what about hetero women? We get married and divorced and married again - so our BC name is not going to match our DL name or our SSN name.

A better solution, that does not demean-the-whole, is to remove the illegals, yes, all 20 million of the line-jumpers, and limit immigration from this point forward to those who have applied through the legal process, giving priority to those who’ve waited over 5 years. Otherwise, we’re just avoiding the problem at the core, which means the problem will increase, instead of solving the problem and ending an issue.

[Blue House Sue]

“I and some others went to a notary public and swore he was born in the U.S.”

Are you saying that a person only needs to get a few people to swear that a random person was born in the USA and they can get a genuine birth certificate?

[Repeal The 17th]

(with courtesy cc to 'There’s no right to vote.' from Electric Graffiti)

Well, in post#6 you said there was no right to vote in the Constitution.
Then I asked if the Amendments were a part of the Constitution.
Then, you said something about The Supreme Court ...
and 'classes of citizens' ...
and taking a journey ...
yada, yada, yada.

But, you never answered the original question.
It really is a simple 'yes or no' question.
Are the Amendments part of the Constitution?
That is all I asked.
Are they part of the Constitution or not?

AMENDMENT XV- 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.

AMENDMENT XIX
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 sex.

AMENDMENT XXVI-Section 1.
The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older,
to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age.

[Electric Graffiti]

Yes, the amendments are part of the Constitution. No, there is no constitutional right to vote.

[House Atreides]

Judge Julia A. Robinson appointed by G.W. Bush
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Yet another “gift” from the Bush family.

[marktwain]

“... there is no right to vote anywhere in the Constitution...” - Are the amendments part of the Constitution?

The States are supposed to decide the requirements for the franchise, outside of the few qualifiers for federal elections.

[bitt]

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[Repeal The 17th]

"...Yes, the amendments are part of the Constitution.
No, there is no constitutional right to vote..."
-
I hoped you would be able to see where I was going with my question...

So...what about:
A1-"the right of the people peaceably to assemble"?
A2-"the right of the people to keep and bear Arms"?
A4-"the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects"?
None of those things are mentioned anywhere except in the Amendments.

So how is "the right to vote" in A15; A19; and A26 any different?

"shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State"

[Chickensoup]

Friday I was told that I have to bring in two forms of ID and fill out a detailed form to keep the PO Box that I visit daily in my town and have held for twenty years.

I am shamed.

Not for me, but for my country.

Treating us all like criminals.

[jazusamo]

Yep, he got a BC replacement and then a passport.

[jazusamo]

Wait a minute, you said a random person and I don’t know what you consider a random person.

Both his parents were citizens though had already passed and all his relatives were citizens, all born and raised in the US.

[Electric Graffiti]

The fact that you have 3 separate amendments prohibiting discrimination on race, sex and age for the voting process implies there is no explicit right to vote. Just because it is referenced in the various amendments doesn’t mean anything. There is no declaration of a ‘right to vote’. That this ‘right to vote’ shall not be infringed.

[Adder]

Because the liberal analysts are lying. Illegals vote in droves and having to show id thwarts that somewhat.

[Blue House Sue]

Could I grab a few random people off the street, pay them fifty bucks for them to swear that I am a U.S. citizen and obtain a birth certificate?

[Innovative]

“it is common sense to require proof of citizenship to register to vote.”

I agree. But that shouldn’t mean that only BC is acceptable. Why not other documents, such as a US passport.