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The rise of democratic politics expanded the right to vote to those who didn't own property or office as well as eliminated voting by voice. Furthermore, the qualifications for tax-paying or having served in the militia were also removed. All white men were afforded the opportunity to vote in the vast majority of states during this period.

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When the 15th Amendment passes, it restricts the denial of right to vote based on race, thus allowing all white men and freed black men the right to vote. Though they were given the opportunity to vote, restrictions and purposefully disenfranchising tests were given that decreased the population of black male voters in the South.

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The 19th Amendment formally added the right to vote for women into the bill of rights, granting women the same suffrage as all those who had the opportunity to vote granted beforehand. In basic terms, the amendment restricted discrimination of the right to vote based on sex, to where it was shortly ratified by the majority of states.

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This act formally granted Native Americans who already resided in the country citizenship. Thus, any person who was Native American now had the right to vote no matter their tribal affiliation. However, an issue with this that persists today is the fact that many native people do not have addresses that are officially accepted by the U.S. government.

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Although the 15th Amendment was supposed to prevent voting discrimination based on race, many Asian Americans found it difficult to vote due to restrictions against Asian people in the U.S. and laws that purposefully disenfranchised them. The McCarren Walter Act effectively removed many of these issues and granted the ability for Asian people to become naturalized citizens and vote as well.

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Prior to the 23rd Amendment, those who resided in Washington D.C. could not vote for president, thusly restricting the participation in democracy for these people. When the 23rd Amendment was passed it granted the ability to vote for president to those residing in this district, but not the ability to vote for representatives.

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The 24th Amendment expanded the right to vote for President to a multitude of people who may not have been able to afford it due to the poll tax. This legislation banned the poll tax and essentially gave everyone twenty-one years of age and older the right to vote regardless of race, sex, education, or religion.

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The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was a crucial piece of voting legislation that had been restricting people of color from voting. Even though past amendments and acts stated purposes were to allow voting regardless of race, deliberately confusing literacy tests still existed to prevent certain groups, specifically Black voters from voting. This act banned the usage of literacy tests and a variety of other prejudiced methods.

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Due to a controversy between conscription beginning at the age of eighteen and voting only being afforded to those twenty-one and older, the 26th Amendment was passed, lowering the voting age to eighteen. It granted the ability for younger people who may have been unwillingly drafted into the Vietnam War at the time to make their voices heard.

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The Voting Rights Act of 1965 had previously been implemented, but the VRA Reauthorization cemented the banning of literacy tests and created additional resources for people to vote. Primarily, it required the translation of voting materials into multiple languages for those who were non-English speaking citizens to vote effectively.

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Voting Accessibility for Elderly and Handicapped Act - 1984

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Voting Accessibility for Elderly and Handicapped Act - 1984

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This act made it possible for those handicapped to vote more efficiently. Although the right to vote was not restricted from the elderly or handicapped, many polling places were not accessible to these people. Therefore, the Voting Accessibility Act mandated the accessibility of polling sites to those elderly and handicapped.