Is Voting Right

“Is voting a right or a privilege?” That question came to my mind, when I was thinking about human rights. I think it is ethical to say that voting is a right for everyone because everyone should have the right to choose their leaders regardless if you are a felony or not. In the past only rich and powerful people were able to vote, however as of today everyone that lives in the United States that are citizen over the age of 18 now has the right to vote. As Michelle Alexander gives examples in her book The New Jim Crow how African American don 't get to vote due to the color of their skin. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was designed to make the right to vote a reality for all Americans. the Voting Rights Act has made it a big step toward that …show more content…
The 15th Amendment to the constitution granite that African Americans right to vote if they are citizens and prohibited racial discrimination in voting. By reading the “The New Jim Crow” Michelle Alexander, she argues that for years in many states kept out racial equality and twist the law by tests designed to prevent African Americans from registering to vote in the first …show more content…
He argued that the U.S. Supreme Court will decide an important voting rights case, Shelby County v. Holder, in addition to another case involving discrimination in higher education and two possibly hugely important cases on gay marriage. By the end of June, the nation 's the right to vote, to free speech, to fair and equal treatment, profile may look quite different to what it is now. After the Court issued its ruling in Shelby County V. Holder, North Carolina was the first state to approve a voter id law. I believe all the states should have approved the id law but like Alabama , the count had sent the case back to the federal district court for further review. Now what is wrong with the Voter Id law I think it is good One person one vote, voter will have some kind of Id to say it 's me and I am