The concept of “One person, one vote” became a widely articulated core principle of the Constitution when it was first spoken by Chief Justice Earl Warren’s Supreme Court in 1963. In Dr. Carol Anderson of Emory University’s new book One Person, No Vote, the scholar exposes how this fundamental egalitarian principle of Constitutional law and its enforcement by the Civil Rights Act of 1965 has again become violated with shocking impunity throughout the American South. After the Supreme Court’s 2013 Shelby ruling which rolled back key protections of the Act, many states have implemented discriminatory measures which effectively disenfranchise large numbers of black voters. Along with Dr. Anderson’s seminal book White Rage, which chronicled the near-century of disenfranchisement that preceded the Civil Rights Act despite the ratification of the 15th Amendment in 1870, One Person, No Vote is essential reading for all citizens concerned with the resurgent anti-democratic pressures in our society.
The 19th Amendment
The 26th Amendment
Give millennials (and all Americans) a vote that always matters, regardless of which state they call home.
The 15th Amendment
The 15th amendment demands, “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.”
Current Election Rules Incentivize Voter Suppression
Because of the winner-take-all system we use to elect our president, any small, strategically targeted blow to turnout in a large enough pivotal state could determine the winner.
The Voting Rights Act Turns 53
53 years ago America passed the landmark Voting Rights Act. We still have a long way to go to make every vote count.
Count Votes Equally
A state abridges the right to vote when it denies a citizen the right to have his/her vote counted with equal weight relative to the citizens of other states.
The Right to Vote For President
The Constitution does not permits states to deny citizens the right to vote directly or indirectly for President.