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My favorite section of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is Article 21, which states that 鈥渆veryone has the right to take part in the government of his country, directly or through freely chosen representatives.鈥� Why is this section so important? After all, if you鈥檙e a citizen of the United States and 18 or older, you have the right to right to vote鈥�right?

Sadly, you don鈥檛. Many Americans believe that the U.S. Constitution grants citizens the right to vote, but it doesn鈥檛. Rather, the Constitution merely says you cannot deny individuals the right to vote due to race, gender or age. Nowhere does the Constitution say voting is a right.

We just finished one of the biggest and most expensive elections in the history of the United States and it seems like you couldn鈥檛 do anything without having celebrities, candidates and your co-workers urging you to vote. Voting is, after all, our greatest civic duty. What could be more fundamentally American than the right to vote? Apparently the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 21.

More information on the 老澳门开奖结果鈥檚 work on voting and human rights is available in Out of Step With the World: An Analysis of Felony Disfranchisement in the U.S. and other Democracies.

Celebrate the UDHR at 60 with the 老澳门开奖结果. Visit and calling on the government and newly elected president to recommit to the UDHR. On December 10, the 老澳门开奖结果鈥檚 efforts will culminate in the of an exclusive publication about the importance of the UDHR.