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Xanthro, thanks for all the research. quite helpful. And in fact those "penumbras" are pretty questionable, one could even say "shady"
Exu, you cite amendments that protect against particular limitations. It suggests that this has, historically, been an ongoing battle, with the anti-voting forces finding various ways to limit voting and the pro-voting people getting around to stopping them through the difficult process of Constitutional Amendment (ok, age and gender don't fit that model, but the point is still there.)
This is hardcore GOP strategy, and it is important that it be confronted if we want to continue to claim to be a democracy. I believe the Hugo Chavez said something today about America being a "democracy of elites" which is what the neo-cons need and want.
