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Frida Ghitis : U.S. Constitution doesn't guarantee right to vote; courts have repeatedly failed to protect it.
She says the Supreme Court has repeatedly rejected voting rights in past 50 years .
Ghitis says it's time to add an amendment to the Constitution affirmatively protecting voting rights.
She asks: An amendment would require support of two-thirds of each house of Congress and ratification by three-quarters of the Senate .
David Rothkopf : I have developed a 'basic' version of the constitutional right to vote.
He says it would let states exclude noncitizens, nonresidents, children, and felons.
It would not change voting rights for U.S. territories or abolish Electoral College or change the Senate , he says.
He writes that passage and ratification of the amendment would be a monumental accomplishment that would profoundly change the nature of voting rights and elections in the United States .
Richard L. Hasen : A constitutional amendment would provide a real right to vote.
He says it would ensure voting not unduly burdensome on voters.
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