Right/Voting Rights and Suffrage/Utilitarian - Fairness

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Voting Rights and Suffrage


Is there a cost attached to protecting and enforcing this right? What kinds of costs are implicated? + create

Short-term economic cost in general + create

Long-term economic cost in general + create

Cost to those least able to economically absorb the cost + create

Cost to perceived democratic legitimacy + create

Cost to consistency or coherence of the law as a whole + create

Cost to the legitimacy or effectiveness of other rights + create

Cost to considerations of social equality + create

Cost to other non-material goods not so far specified + create

What are the financial consequences, if any, of making this right a legally protectable right? + create

Are there any groups that are uniquely disadvantaged by the exercise of this right? + create

Are there any groups that uniquely benefit from the exercise of this right? + create

Are there instances when this fundamental right can lead to unfairness or inequities? + create

Are there objective ways to measure the utilitarian nature of this right? + create

If so, where can one draw the line: when does this right stop being useful or economically viable? + create