MicroWave@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoTrump says he won't sign loyalty pledge required for first GOP debatewww.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square108fedilinkarrow-up1462arrow-down113file-text
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minus-squareSokathHisEyesOpen@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down3·11 months agoIsn’t that a little unconstitutional? I know that hasn’t stopped them in the past, but just straight up cancelling a vote of the people is more blatantly fascist than I’d expect from even them.
minus-squareSokathHisEyesOpen@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoThen what is the 24th amendment of the Constitution?
minus-squareCapeWearingAeroplane@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoIt says that if there is a primary election, citizens cannot be refused the right to vote due to not paying taxes or a “poll tax” It says nothing about when or if such an election should be held.
Isn’t that a little unconstitutional? I know that hasn’t stopped them in the past, but just straight up cancelling a vote of the people is more blatantly fascist than I’d expect from even them.
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Then what is the 24th amendment of the Constitution?
It says that if there is a primary election, citizens cannot be refused the right to vote due to not paying taxes or a “poll tax”
It says nothing about when or if such an election should be held.