Lowering the Voting Age to 18: Hearings, Ninety-first Congress, Second Session, Объемы 94-970U.S. Government Printing Office, 1970 - Всего страниц: 624 |
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... literacy have all been applied restrictively in the past . Each suggestion to liberalize the process to increase the electorate is met with dire predictions , resistence , and concern . Now the question is what age is the right age to ...
... literacy have all been applied restrictively in the past . Each suggestion to liberalize the process to increase the electorate is met with dire predictions , resistence , and concern . Now the question is what age is the right age to ...
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... literacy tests , and many other devices have been used to restrict the franchise . Now , in answer to this particular question , let me say that in my opinion " backlash " and all other objections are only excuses . The real reason is ...
... literacy tests , and many other devices have been used to restrict the franchise . Now , in answer to this particular question , let me say that in my opinion " backlash " and all other objections are only excuses . The real reason is ...
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... literacy test as applied to Puerto Rican residents of that State . The court was also faced with its decision in Lassiter v . Northampton Election Board , 360 U.S. 45 ( 1959 ) , in which it had rejected a chal- lenge to the English literacy ...
... literacy test as applied to Puerto Rican residents of that State . The court was also faced with its decision in Lassiter v . Northampton Election Board , 360 U.S. 45 ( 1959 ) , in which it had rejected a chal- lenge to the English literacy ...
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... literacy test discriminates against Spanish - speaking Americans , so Congress has the power to recognize the increased education and maturity of our youth and to find discrimination in the fact that young Americans who fight , work ...
... literacy test discriminates against Spanish - speaking Americans , so Congress has the power to recognize the increased education and maturity of our youth and to find discrimination in the fact that young Americans who fight , work ...
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... literacy tests as a qualification for voting . Second , the bill proposes to reduce the length of State residence requirements as a qualification for voting in presidential elections . So far as I am aware , the administration proposals ...
... literacy tests as a qualification for voting . Second , the bill proposes to reduce the length of State residence requirements as a qualification for voting in presidential elections . So far as I am aware , the administration proposals ...
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Стр. 495 - Undoubtedly, the right of suffrage is a fundamental matter in a free and democratic society. Especially since the right to exercise the franchise in a free and unimpaired manner is preservative of other basic civil and political rights, any alleged infringement of the right of citizens to vote must be carefully and meticulously scrutinized.