Concept information
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political science
American politics and society
United States Supreme Court
constitutional issues
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social history of crime
courts, corrections, punishments
United States Supreme Court
constitutional issues
Preferred term
right to vote
Definition
- Supreme Court cases dealing with the ability of citizens to cast ballots in elections. Although the right to vote is the cornerstone of the democratic political system, the Constitution, until 1868, made almost no mention of that right. [Source: Student's Guide to the Supreme Court; Right to Vote]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/right_to_vote
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