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

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

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The voting requirements at the beginning of our country were fairly simple. Any white male over the age of 21 with property was able to vote.

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"The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude." The 15th amendment purpose was to ensure that states, or communities, were not denying people the right to vote simply based on their race. This was created after the abolishment if slavery. It protected men of color's ability to vote.

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The Seventeenth Amendment, removed power from state legislatures to choose U.S. Senators and gave that power directly to voters in each state.

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Passed in 1920, the 19th amendment was the amendment that guaranteed womans' right to vote. Before the law was passed, first wave fminism was a big movement in the US. Its effects could be seen in a variety of places, such as fashion and pop culture (flappers). This rise in feminism, combined with the catalyst that was the Seneca falls convention, led to a massive women's suffrage movement. Eventually, because of this the US ratified the 19th amendment.

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This act officially establisged the citizenship of Native americans and turned their right to vote in US elections from Illegal to governed by the states.

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The 23rd amedment, passed in 1961, effectively gave the citizens of Washington D. C. the right to vote in presidential elections.

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Back in 1870, the 15th Amendment was supposed to protect the right of African Americans to vote. But it wasn't adequate, as some states went to great lengths to keep black voters from the polls. Efforts to bar black voters included the establishment of poll taxes, which required African Americans to pay fees to vote. While rules were made that allowed many white voters to be exempt from these taxes, the rules did not apply to black voters. The 24th Amendment, which was ratified in 1964, made poll taxes illegal.

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On August 6th, 1965 the Voting Rights Act was signed and passed. Signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, it was an Act in which racial discrimination in voting polls would be prohibited. Before this Act, many African Americans were discouraged to vote by acts of violence and mistreatment. They would have to take literacy tests to show to the polls that they were educated enough.

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The amendment was passed by congress on March 23, 1971 and It was ratified on July 1, 1971.The 26 amendment grated the right to vote to the American citizen age 18 and older. It was driven in part by the military draft held during the Vietnam war.

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10. Add a final voting law/amendment that ​YOU​ think should be created! 

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10. Add a final voting law/amendment that ​YOU​ think should be created! 

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Sex offenders shouldn't be able to vote. periodt. Becuase they violated someone elses natural rights so they should not be able to vote on others rights.