First, "One Man, One Vote" was changed to "One Person, One
Vote" because it was deemed sexist. Around the world this phrase was used
in the suffrage movement. Surveys taken on college campuses,
over the years, have used this suffrage
word to show that most people will take a stand based on what they think
something means; without getting enough information to make an informed
decision. This is deemed to be emotionalism over logic. The surveyor would,
while looking very official and sincere, ask "are you in favor of women's
suffrage?". Invariably, the person being questioned would jump to the
conclusion that suffrage meant suffering, and would answer no. This shows the
mindset of the "low informed voter".
Full Definition of suffrage
1: a short intercessory prayer usually
in a series
2: a vote given in deciding a
controverted question or electing a person for an office or trust
""One man, one vote" (or "one person, one vote") is a name
that has been used in many parts of the world where campaigns have arisen for universal suffrage. During the 20th-century
period of decolonization and the struggles for national sovereignty, from the
late 1940s onwards this phrase became widely used in less developed countries where majority populations were
seeking to gain political power in proportion to their numbers.
The phrase was used in this form in an important legal ruling in
the United States related to voting rights; applying the Equal Protection Clause of the US Constitution, the Supreme
Court majority opinion in Reynolds v. Sims (1964) ruled that state legislatures
needed to redistrict in order to have congressional districts with roughly
equal represented populations. In addition, the court ruled that both houses of
state legislatures needed to have representation based on districts containing roughly
equal populations, with redistricting as needed after censuses."[2]
Now, back to the original intention of this paper. The way this country was set up, originally,
was not even close to "one man, one vote". "one man, one
vote" is what a democracy has. Our nation, however, is not a democracy.
Our nation is a republic. A republic is where
the people elect representatives to vote on issues, in their stead, in
the legislature. In the beginning of our
country, only men could vote, and that was based on several factors. In order
to vote you had to own land and be an adult male. This, I believe, was meant to
insure that each family had a say and had something to loose if they voted
'wrongly'. Only those who had "skin in the game" were worthy, because
they would vote to protect what they had. Most states and municipalities also
had restrictions that only Christian men could run for office. In reality, by
the founding fathers, these restrictions, of letting only those who had
something to loose and were familiar with the Judeo Christian foundations of
the nation would insure the continuance of the freedoms of the nation.
WHAT OUR PEOPLE WERE ALLOWED TO VOTE FOR -
Elections were held for local and state offices, local and
state legislatures and representatives for the national congress, but not for
the national senate. Senators were elected by the state legislators, to
represent the interests of that state in the national government. The senators
would be beholden to the their state's interests.
THE BLACK VOTE
-
"The
Voting Rights Act, signed into law on August 6, 1965, aimed to overcome legal barriers at the state and local
levels that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote
under the 15th Amendment (1870)
to the Constitution of the United
States
After the U.S.
Civil War (1861-65), the 15th Amendment, ratified in 1870, prohibited states
from denying a male citizen the right to vote based on “race, color or previous
condition of servitude.” Nevertheless, in the ensuing decades, various
discriminatory practices were used, by the states, to prevent African
Americans, particularly those in the South, from exercising their right to
vote.
During the civil
rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s, voting rights activists in the South
were subjected to various forms of mistreatment and violence.[4]
From this we can
see that black people legally participated in the electoral process, from the
beginning of our country until the democrats took away that right from1870 thru
1965. It is truly amazing that it was the Republicans that fought for black peoples
rights and invariably the Democrats have taken credit for the advances the Republicans
fought for.
BLACK PEOPLE IN OFFICE -
First Person of African Ancestry Elected to a
Public Office in British North America : Matthias de Souza,
Colonial Maryland Legislature, 1641-1642
First Person of African Ancestry Elected to a State Office in the United States : Alexander Twilight,
Vermont
Federal officials -
President of the United States
Governors: Pickney Benton
Stewart Pinchback, Louisiana, 1872-1873 (Acting Governor)
L. Douglas Wilder, Virginia, 1990-1994
Deval Patrick, Massachusetts, 2004--
David Paterson, New York, 2008-2010[5]
L. Douglas Wilder, Virginia, 1990-1994
Deval Patrick, Massachusetts, 2004--
David Paterson, New York, 2008-2010[5]
THE FEMALE VOTE -
The women of our country were not able to vote until 1920. 'Ratified on August
18, 1920, the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution granted American
women the right to vote—a right known as woman suffrage. At the time the U.S.
Local and
municipal elected offices held by women-
Chief of the Cherokee Nation: Wilma Mankiller (1985)
Mayor: Susanna M. Salter (1887)
State
elected offices-
State House of Representatives: Carrie C.
Holly, Clara Cressingham,
and Frances Klock (1894)
State Senator: Martha Hughes Cannon (1896)
Governor: Nellie Tayloe Ross (1925)
Vermont Senate: Edna Beard,
1923
National
offices-
Most of our voting citizens have no real idea of the
electoral process. In street interviews, a majority of people can't tell you
who the president, the vice president, the speaker of the house, and most up
setting, they don't know their local representatives. If they are confronted
with the same kind of questions about rock stars and movie stars, they are
better informed. These are the same people who voted for people they don't know
by name or what they look like. They have been labeled "low information
voters", and they determine your future just as much as you do. What
percentage of our founding citizens wouldn't know who George Washington and
Thomas Jefferson were?
In our election process for president, every legal voter
casts a vote for his or her choice, in their respective state. This determines
who sits in the electoral college. The electoral college then determines the
outcome of the election process. Oh, you thought the president was elected by
the people? If this was a democracy, Al Gore would have been president. Thank
the Lord that the founders had the good sense to make this a republic.
What is the process in the primary elections, which
determines who is allowed to run for president? Private, non governmental,
businesses, such as the Republican National Committee and Democrat National
Committee, hold primary elections that are funded by tax dollars. Why tax money
is used to conduct the business of private entities is confusing to me.
Perhaps, next we will use tax dollars to pay for the board meetings to elect
the officers of Walmart and Subway. Once again, we see that the people think
they are electing the candidates. when in reality it is the elites in control
of the political parties. I have been saying, since the 80's that the people
who are running for office were hand picked by those who are in financial
control of the country. Yes, I do know that sounds like I am a conspiratist[8]. This
would include the Council on Foreign Relations, the Illuminati, The
Bilderbergers and others. "Starting
with the 1796 election, Congressional party or a state legislature party caucus selected the party's presidential candidates. Before 1820, Democrat and Republican
members of Congress would nominate a single candidate from their party. That system
collapsed in 1824, and since 1832 the preferred mechanism for nomination has
been a national
convention."[9]
The national conventions are run by private businesses, known as political
parties. I certainly hope that our tax dollars are not used for these
conventions.
OK, now we can see that the time has
come for a national rebellion, by the citizens of the United States
Does it make sense to anyone to allow
someone to vote without proving who they are, and have the eligibility to vote?
Photo ID's are available at little or no cost. Drivers licenses qualify as well
as other forms of picture identity such as DMV identity cards. You must have a
picture ID to: fly, buy alcohol, buy cigarettes, open a bank account, apply for
food stamps, apply for welfare, apply for
Medicaid/Social Security, apply for unemployment or a job, rent or buy a house,
apply for a mortgage, to buy/rent a car, get a marriage license, buy a gun,
adopt a pet, check in at a hotel or motel, apply for a hunting or fishing
license, purchase certain cold medicines, and more.
Probably the most important thing to
remember about elections is that NO ONE gets to be in power unless God wills
it. Daniel 2:21 says: "And he changes the
times and the seasons: he removes kings, and sets up kings: he gives wisdom
unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding:" God
has the right, and the power, to put people into governmental power to either
help a nation or to punish it. "Let every
soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the
powers that be are ordained of God."[10]
That is why the United
States
[1] http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/suffrage
[2]
Wikipedia
[3] http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/voting-rights-act
[4] http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/voting-rights-act
[5] http://www.blackpast.org/aah/major-african-american-office-holders
[6] http://www.history.com/topics/womens-history/19th-amendment
[7] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_first_female_holders_of_political_offices_in_North_and_Central_America_and_the_Caribbean
[8] This is
a word I invented, just like I invented the word Christophobia
[9] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_primary#Background
[10] Romans
13:1
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