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American voting requirements at the beginning of our country(17th-18th centuries)

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American voting requirements at the beginning of our country(17th-18th centuries)

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The USA adopted the voter qualifications from England. This meant that only free property owning or tax paying white males could vote. At the time elections were seen as an occasion and would be accompanied by eating and drinking. Corruption and voting fraud was common for the time.

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February 26, 1869

After the Union won the civil war, 3 amendments were passed shortly after. The 13th amendment banned slavery. The 14th amendment required due process of law for all citizens and applied the Bill of Rights to the states. And the 15th amendment granted anyone regardless of race (or previous condition of servitude). This would legally give African Americans voting rights but in practice, America still had a long way to go before African Americans could truly vote freely.

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May 13, 1912

Before the 17th amendment, state legislatures decided who the senators were. The original idea was so that the Senators could represent the interests of the state. However, this lead to massive corruption and did not accurately represent the people. The 17th amendment changed the process to a direct election of Senators.

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June 4, 1919

Along with the prohibition movement also lead by women, the 19th amendment gave women the right to vote. Previously, it was thought that the man in the house represented the vote for the family. However, after major cultural shifts like World War I, women no longer wanted this to be the case. The women's suffrage movement's strategy was to get legislation for suffrage state by state. This would eventually get enough momentum to become an amendment, applying to all the states.

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1924

Granted suffrage and citizenship to all native americans living within the US territories. This was a helpful step against the discrimination of minorities. However, many states still refused to grant them suffrage, and they did not have the right in all states until 1948. It was signed into effect by President Calvin Coolidge.

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1961

It allows people who live in Washington D.C. to vote, as if they live in a state with one district. It allows residents there to vote for president and vice president.

It delegates enforcing this right to congress.

Now, any citizen of the united states can vote, if they live in a state or the District of Colombia

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1964

This amendment abolishes poll taxes. This prevents people who are in poverty from being unable to vote. This amendment took a while to pass. The tax was originally used to discriminate against African americans and minorities, and thanks to the civil rights activists, this amendment was made as on eof th efirst pieces of legislation to come from the movement.

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August 6, 1965

Lyndon B. Johnson signed this bill into law. It prohibits racial discrimination in voting. This helps black people not be discriminated against.

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July 1, 1971

The minimum age for voting is 18. Before this Amendment, the minimum age was 21. People could be drafted to Vietnam at 18, but couldn't vote until 21, so that was a problem.

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Grants people living in all and any future US territories the right to vote in presidential and vice presidential elections. This is accomplished by giving them the appropriate number of electoral votes,

possibly giving puerto rico one and all other territories one.

This perhaps after this will allow Puerto rico to become a state.