Musings of a Patriot

Tag: voting

  • Addressing Abysmal Voter Turnout

    Would non-partisan runoffs be a possible solution to address our declining levels of voter participation in Utah?

  • Eight Ideas for Reform

    Kyle Mathews shares eight steps he believes would produce a more functional congress at the League of Ordinary Gentlemen. It is an interesting list including ideas I’ve heard before and a few new ideas. There is also some good discussion in the comments. I thought it would be worth sharing here in the order that…

  • Go Vote

    I’d like to add my voice to that of at least six other blogs today by encouraging everyone who is registered to go out and vote today. (Props to Jason for posting four of those.) As this is the year for municipal elections your vote has the greatest impact for three reasons: You are voting…

  • Two Good Ideas in One Bad Bill

    It’s back – the bill that just won’t die. Let’s first explain why this is such a bad bill that I never pass up an opportunity to oppose it. First, it’s unconstitutional and both sides are compromising the integrity of their ideals in order to produce this bad bill. Second, this is an example of…

  • Future Amendment – D.C. Representation

    Having read and processed all the documents upon which our Constitution was built as well the Constitution itself and each existing amendment along with other significant expressions of American political thought through our history I think I have established a fairly solid foundation for my own political thinking that can be explored by anyone who…

  • Constitutional Amendment 26

    Like the 15th and 19th amendments before it, the 26th Amendment is direct and to the point in extending the right to vote to a previously disenfranchised group. 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…

  • Constitutional Amendment 24

    I would guess that poll taxes made more sense before the government adopted income taxes but because poll taxes could be abused (and were being abused) the nation used the 24th Amendment to end the practice of poll taxes and to make failure to pay taxes insufficient reason to deny the right to vote. The…

  • Constitutional Amendment 23

    Reacting to changes in society that the founders could not have anticipated, the 23rd Amendment provided representation in the electoral college to residents of Washington D.C. in presidential elections. The District constituting the seat of government of the United States shall appoint in such manner as the Congress may direct: A number of electors of…

  • Constitutional Amendment 19

    Some amendments are so obvious now that they need no comment. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any States on account of sex. Some states had allowed women to vote long before 1920 and been stopped by the federal…

  • Constitutional Amendment 14

    I have written previously about the Fourteenth Amendment as an example of a law that declares a legal principle of equality but does not extend to defining a quantitative measure of the level of equality that is expected. This amendment is applicable to current political debates for two reasons. First, that we are grappling with…