The Evolution of the Franchise: Voting Through the Years

"The first constitutional principle of our people is their right to make and ultimately (one hopes) to correct their own mistakes," said Mr. Arthur Sutherland (Ross, 258). This right of the individual citizens is demonstrated in the concept of the constitution as a living, changing document. When our founding fathers formed our government, with the governing document to be the constitution, one of the main issues was the ability of the constitution to be able to evolve and change over time. The personal right of an individual to make decisions comes along with the right to vote. …