The preservation of a free and democratic society rests upon the vigorous enforcement of the right of every citizen to vote. An examination of voter turn-out for the 2012 presidential election reveals that nationally, 57.5 percent of eligible voters cast their ballots, which reflects a norm over the past 100 years in which the percentages ranged from a high of 62.8 percent (1960) to a low of 48.9 percent (1924).
It is readily apparent from these figures that barely half of those deemed eligible to vote have shaped the nations’s destiny for more than a century. With this background, each of the states has been given the discretion to establish the qualifications of voters within its own jurisdiction, subject to constraints imposed under the Constitution or by specific federal statutes.
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