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Victoria C. Woodhull: “Were it an immunity, or even were it a privilege, to vote, those who possess it could not be deprived of it by any…”

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Were it an immunity, or even were it a privilege, to vote, those who possess it could not be deprived of it by any State, for the State is bound to protect every citizen within its jurisdiction in the exercise thereof.
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Victoria C. Woodhull

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Woodhull argues that if voting were merely a privilege, states would not be obligated to protect that right for citizens.

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