Amendment: Absolute Right to Vote

Voting is the most important mechanism with which the People can express their goals and values for how their government should function.

1. Every citizen of the United States, regardless of past crimes or locality, has the right to vote in all elections and referendum for the locality in which he or she primarily resides and all federal elections and referendum. Highly mobile citizens who live and reside in multiple localities must declare which is their primary residence within 180 days of any election. The only impediments to citizen voting are being less than the age of 18, being presently incarcerated for crimes committed, or having been found guilty of Treason by a jury.
2. A citizen who sells their vote is guilty of Treason. A public official or citizen who attempts to coerce the vote of another citizen or to alter or corrupt the vote count is guilty of Treason. Any citizen has a right of action again such crimes, if not taken up seriously by a public prosecutor. Aiding or allowing, where a duty to protect or prevent exists, foreign interference into our elections is Treason. Deliberately spreading misinformation about candidates or referendum topics is a crime and is not protected speech.
3. Any public official who denies a citizen their right to vote without due process or reasonable warning of deadlines waives sovereign immunity and is officially and personal liable. A public official who denies another citizen the right to vote maliciously or as part of a partisan action shall be guilty of Treason and each citizen affected has a private right to bring action in court.
4. Decisions about detailed procedures, equipment, and governance of the voting process shall be made in each state or territory but the procedure should be sufficient to ensure that the process and count of votes is reviewable after the vote. All such decisions must be made by agreement of each significant partisan faction.
5. Any requirement to prove citizenship shall not be implemented before 10 years after a nationwide program shall be paid for by the federal government and implemented by each state and territory to communicate to all citizens the requirement and to aid them in investigating and resolving lost, missing, erroneous, or nonexistent documentation. The 10-year timer shall not begin until each state or territory is ready to begin their communication and assistance program. After 10 years, this documentation assistance must still be available but the People need not bear the continuing cost.
6. Any litigation around voting process or results must be conducted in a special court constructed by jurists of equal representation of ideologies and partisan leanings. This court may call up a jury of citizens randomly selected from the voter registry to decide questions of fact or values. In no case does the executive branch make decisions about how elections are conducted or resolved.
7. States and territories may innovate in improving voting technology in order to make voting more convenient for citizens and to increase participation as long as reviewability of results is preserved and voting eligibility is verified.
8. This amendment is self-enabling without legislation though it may be elaborated by such.