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Thread #59171   Message #944561
Posted By: NicoleC
01-May-03 - 07:55 PM
Thread Name: BS: 'From my cold, dead hands' farewell
Subject: RE: BS: 'From my cold, dead hands' farewell
Raedwulf,

I know it's not an "original" amendment (although there's really no such thing), but it is an amendment that affects an original provision, which said that the states controlled voting. It also, in a way, extended the 15th amendment, which said that states could not deny voting priviledges on the basis of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

The US Constitution is changed by ADDING amendments. Items are never deleted, they are simply overruled by more recent additions. In some transcriptions, they line out obsolete provisions, but technically, they are still there.