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Originally Posted by GirlySports
The voting rights act is more about who can vote rather than how to vote. Giving convicts and ex-convicts the right to vote would be under this.
There just no federal mechanism on the how to vote. Everything is done at state level and they won't give that up and I'm not sure the federal government wants to take that on due to cost and managing 300 mill voters.
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Just a reminder, the United States is a republic and this is one of those mechanisms that is a states rights issue. Yes, there should be some controls over voting practices, but it would likely require a constitutional amendment. Republicans ain't on board with that as it would ultimately end their grip on power.