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The 24th amendment took action because there were poll taxes that were required to vote in federal elections. People had to pay taxes in order to have their opinion noticed. The 24th amendment prohibited these poll taxes. African American voters were affected by the states that maintained the poll taxes. With this amendment, people were allowed to help choose the next president without paying a fee. Although, African Americans were affected by the poll taxes, all citizens of the United States were having to pay these taxes, just to express who they believe should run the country.

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This Amendment allows American citizens residing in the District of Columbia to vote for presidential electors, who in turn vote in the Electoral College for President and Vice President.  This amendment was passed March 29, 1961. Action was needed in order to create this law because District of Columbia's citizens felt like their voice didn't hold some ground in the elections, so there definitely needed to be some arguments going to get to this point.

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On June 2, 1924 Congress enacted the Indian Citizenship Act, which granted citizenship to all Native Americans born in the US. There action needed for this act because rights including voting were being denied during the 1900 s and it was unfair for the Native Americans as well as every person of color to not be able to vote because they were citizens of the US and deserved a say.

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The Voting Rights Act 1965 was focused on African Americans being treated equally since the 15th amendment was added to the United States Constitution. This act was passed to prevent literacy tests and practices as a requirement for voting. Even though the 15th amendment was ratified, the tests were still required for African Americans. Black people were the group most affected by this legislation because of the discrimination during the time.

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The 19th Amendment was passed by the Senate June 14, 1919 and ratified in August 1920. The main purpose of this amendment was to prohibit the U.S and its states from denying the right to vote to citizens on the basis of sex/gender. There was an action needed to make this amendment because women of any color could not vote. Yes, black men couldn't vote until a couple years after that certain amendment was passed ,but still during that time women were never allowed to step foot near the voting booth unless they cross dressed or found some other sneaky way to place their pen to a ballot. This legislation mostly affected women because they were now allowed to vote and have some sort of a say in who represents them.

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Final Voting Law - Any Age Appealing Act (AAAA) 2022

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Final Voting Law - Any Age Appealing Act (AAAA) 2022

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The Any Age Appealing Act will be a law passed that requires candidates to campaign and appeal to younger audiences as well as older ones. When campaigns are directed toward all age groups, there will be a bigger interest in voting for younger people. Every vote counts and since there is a low percentage of young people that vote, candidates typically appeal to older audiences. Advertising for younger people as well will get everyone's vote in.

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The 17th amendment states that the Senate should be made up of two Senators in each state. It was created in order to remove the power from state legislators to choose the Senators and to make democracy run better. This affected Senators as it allowed the U.S. citizens the right to vote for our Senators rather than state legislators.

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The 26th Amendment was the action taken to make changes towards the ability to be drafted into the military, but not allowed to vote. This amendment gave citizens who were at least 18 years old the right to vote in the United States. This amendment affected people under the age of 18, who are eligible for being drafted, but could not vote. Being in the military is a big change for an 18 year old, so why should they not be able to vote for the next president?

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The 15th amendment was passed to protect the voting rights of African American men after the Civil War. African American people were affected by this as it gave them hope so they could participate in the voting of our U.S. president.

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American voting requirements 17-18th century (Skylar)

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American voting requirements 17-18th century (Skylar)

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In the 17th and 18th centuries, nobody under the age of 21 could vote. Fewer than 5% of the population had this right. Only white men who owned property and paid taxes could vote.