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Brief History of Voting Rights

Brief History of Voting Rights. The Constitution versus Reserved Power. Voting is Not Clearly Defined. The Constitution does not clarify the specifics on who is an eligible voter. Therefore it is left up to the states.

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Brief History of Voting Rights

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  1. Brief History of Voting Rights The Constitution versus Reserved Power

  2. Voting is Not Clearly Defined • The Constitution does not clarify the specifics on who is an eligible voter. • Therefore it is left up to the states. • To make a federal policy requires an amendment, which is why there are so many about voting in the Constitution. • List the voting amendments you can think of….

  3. Evolution in Voting 1st 6 Presidents only by property owners.

  4. Women’s Suffrage • Seneca Falls Convention 1848 • Wyoming 1869 • New Zealand 1893 • Everywhere in the U.S. 1920

  5. Resistance to the 15th amendment

  6. Resistance to the 15th amendment • The 15th amendment ratified without Southern state approval. • Hate groups and intimidation. The KKK • Other legal loop holes: grandfather clauses, literacy test, poll taxes, etc.

  7. The Civil Rights Movement 15th amendment 1870 Voting Rights Act 1963- Ends many of these discriminations. Literacy test, gf clauses, called for federal voter registration Civil Rights Act 1964- Outlawed segregation

  8. Voting Status Today • States challenge the Constitutionality of the VRA • Voter Identification and Registration • Motor Voter laws • Compulsorily voting? • Election day=holiday?

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