Exactly where in the US Constitution does it mention anything about voter qualifications?

Question

Aren't you quoting from a liberal judges re-writing of the Constitution? Similar to the "Separation of Church and State" which doesn't exist in the Constitution either?

Answer 1

The 14th and 26th Amendments to the Constitution are the only voter qualifications.

Answer 2

http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charter...

The constitution itself does not mention anything about voter qualification at the time it was left up to the states, however there was an uproar among some people that the constitution was too vague in some areas so the bill of rights was created and became the first 10 amendments to the constitution, its interesting to note that when the amendments were ratified that Benjamin Franklin said that he hoped future generations would forgive them for this, as he believed states should pretty much regulate themselves. Judges do not amend the constitution, the supreme court only decides by vote and after careful deliberation whether a particular law is constitutional or not, when they rule that a law is not the law cannot be enforced until congress passes an amendment that makes it a constitutional law that's how our system of checks and balances works and if we the people decide that the amendment is unfair then we can vote them out by majority rule that's called democracy. The amendments to the constitution relating to who can and cannot vote are 14,15,19,24,26, I've included a website where you can study more on this from the comfort of your home thanks to the Internet.

Answer 3

Check out Article 2 Section 1, which sets up the electoral system (it leaves choosing electors up to the states); Amendment 12 further details on electors; Amendment 14; Amendment 15 extends right to vote to all races, creeds, colors; amendment 19 extends it to both sexes; Amendment 24, poll tax can't deny right to vote.

You should read Article 2 Sec 1, and the amendments I've listed.  Amendments 12 and 14 still leave choice of electors up to states, but 14 lays out some proportionality rules for states denying votes to some males over 21 (i.e. you can't deny them the vote yet count them for House of Representatives allotments. Note: slaves used to be counted as 3/5 of a person for purposes of House allotments back in the days of slavery).

Answer 4

Article I in that the qualifications to vote for members of the House in the various States were to be the same as the requirements for voting for "the most numerous" house of the State legislature.  Later, the 15th amendment required that the right to vote not be abridged based on race, the 19th amendment on the basis of s*x, and the 26th amendment based on age (so long as not above 18).  The 14th and 24th amendments are also important to voting rights, as the 14th as interpreted prevents the states from acting inconsistent with the liberty guarantees of the federal Constitution.  The 24th Amendment abolished the poll tax, which gave meaning to the 15th Amendment in a way previously prevented by numerous steps to disenfranchise black voters.

More specifically, the Constitution gives little attention to voter qualifications, even in the Amendments, deferring to the States but in the stated provisions preventing abridgment of the right to vote based on several criteria.