And why wouldn't such an amendment call NOT be voted out of the House? Yes,"Disenfranchisement is not anathema to the system - it's part of it."

Also think on this; the number of Representatives in the House is 435, the same number since 1941. However, the population is almost 2 1/2 times what it was in 1941(133M+ versus $303M)

There you go putting ideas in their heads, Mary.

And the right to vote should NEVER be denied because you don't have a "Photo I.D."

Article I, Section 4 of the U.S. Constitution speaks of elections, but as Congressman Jackson points out, it does allow the states to control the time, place, and manner of conducting elections. Also, there are a few amendments to the U.S. Constitution which address the right to vote, the 14th, 15th, 19th, and 26th. Also, Article IV, Section 4 guarantees a republican form of government.

Black's Law dictionary defines a republic as "A system of government in which the people hold sovereign power and elect representatives who exercise that power."

The United States Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the fundamental right to have your vote counted stating, "We regard it as equally unquestionable that the right to have one's vote counted is as open to protection by Congress as the right to put a ballot in a box." U. S. v. Mosley, 238 U.S. 383, 386 (1915).

"A consistent line of decisions by this Court in cases involving attempts to deny or restrict the right of suffrage has made this indelibly clear. It has been repeatedly recognized that all qualified voters have a constitutionally protected right to vote, and to have their votes counted. In Mosley the Court stated that it is ‘as equally unquestionable that the right to have one's vote counted is as open to protection … as the right to put a ballot in a box. The right to vote can neither be denied outright, nor destroyed by alteration of ballots, nor diluted by ballot-box stuffing. As the Court stated in Classic, ‘Obviously included within the right to choose, secured by the Constitution, is the right of qualified voters within a state to cast their ballots and have them counted…." Reynolds v. Sims, 377 U.S. 533, 555 (1964). (Citations omitted.)

The right is also protected in every state constitution that I have read. For more information, including articles about two state constitutions which prohibit counting votes in secret, see the following:

Virginia’s Elections Are UNCONSTITUTIONAL?!?!
http://www.opednews.com/...virginia_s_elections.htm

South Carolina Elections Are UNCONSTITUTIONAL!?!
http://www.opednews.com/...south_carolina_elect.htm

and www.ProjectVoteCount.com

Of course, our ability to remove bad leaders would be improved by an amendment which clearly spells out the right to vote and perhaps restores an election system where the votes are once again counted in public rather than in secret on computers which have been proven unreliable and untrustworthy.

To make every vote in every state politically relevant and equal in presidential elections, support the National Popular Vote bill.

The National Popular Vote bill would guarantee the Presidency to the candidate who receives the most popular votes in all 50 states (and DC). The bill would take effect only when enacted, in identical form, by states possessing a majority of the electoral votes—that is, enough electoral votes to elect a President (270 of 538). When the bill comes into effect, all the electoral votes from those states would be awarded to the presidential candidate who receives the most popular votes in all 50 states (and DC).

The National Popular Vote bill has been approved by 21 legislative chambers (one house in Colorado, Arkansas, Maine, North Carolina, and Washington, and two houses in Maryland, Illinois, Hawaii, California, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Rhode Island, and Vermont). It has been enacted into law in Hawaii, Illinois, New Jersey, and Maryland. These states have 50 (19%) of the 270 electoral votes needed to bring this legislation into effect.

see www.NationalPopularVote.com

Liberals continually have these delusions about rights.
Right to Health Care!
Right to Vote!
The right to censor political expression via Fairness Doctrine.
There is no right to vote on the Federal Level and there should not be. All elections are handled on the state level according to the 10th amendment and that is the way it should stay.