Right to Vote Resources
Right to Vote Resources
Links
RightToVoteAmendment.com - FairVote's resource hub on the Right to Vote Amendment
PromoteOurVote.com - FairVote's project to advance suffrage and civic engagement in communities in the spirit of a constitutionally guaranteed right to vote
FairVote Policy Brief on the Right to Vote Amendment
Publications
- The Missing Right: A Constitutional Right to Vote, by Jonathan Soros and Mark Schmitt (Democracy, Spring 2013)
- Time for a 'Right to Vote' Constitutional Amendment, by John Nichols (The Nation, March 2013)
- Right to Vote, by Jamie Raskin (The American Prospect, August 2001)
- Guarantee the Right to Vote, by John Nichols (The Nation, December 2004)
Speeches
- Reverend Jesse Jackson addresses the NAACP Convention in Philadelphia, PA July 14, 2004
- Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. presents a position paper at FairVote's "Claim Democracy" conference, November 2003.
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Robert Richie, Executive Director, FairVote at the Right to Vote Forum in Boston, MA on July 26th, 2004
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Kim Gandy, President, National Organization of Women at the Right to Vote Forum in Boston, MA on July 26th, 2004
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Jesse Jackson Jr., Congressman (D-IL) at the Right to Vote Forum in Boston, MA on July 26th, 2004
Academic Papers
- The International Status of the Right to Vote, by Alexander Kirshner, provides an overview of the right to vote in countries around the world and how laws are interpreted
- The political and organizational dynamics of constitutional suffrage movements in U.S. history: The experience behind the 15th, 19th, 23rd, 24th and 26th amendments, by Alex Keyssar, Kennedy School of Government
- Election Reform and the Right to Vote, by Anita S. Earls, Director of Advocacy, UNC Center For Civil Rights, explains the limits of HAVA and what Congress can do to establish a right to vote.
- A Right To Vote Amendment To The Constitution: Confronting America's Structural Democracy Deficit, by Jamie Raskin, Professor of Law, American University, Washington College of Law - Includes a discussion of the impact of states constitutional provisions of the right to vote; impact of different formulations of the right-to-vote amendment; and whether a right to vote vote amendment might provide a legal means to pursue reforms such as election day registration.
- A legislative and national political strategy for a right-to-vote amendment during the 2004 presidential election and beyond, by Steve Cobble, Institute for Policy Studies
- The Constitutional Right to Vote, by Ron Walters calls for a right to vote amendment by detailing the problems that minorities faced in the last election.
- Why Americans Need a Constitutional Right to Vote for Presidential Electors, by Demetrios James Caraley, discusses the legal implications of a system that does not constitutionally guarantee the right to vote.
Reports
- In Pursuit of an Affirmative Right to Vote (July 2008) is an analysis by the Advancement Project on the importance of enshrining the right to vote in the U.S. Constitution.
