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The Declaration of Independence has decided how to settle voting rights

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States had power to figure out who gets a say in terms of voting. Basically it was left to white males who owned property and older than 21 years old. Article II introduced the Electoral College.

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The 14th amendment allows citenzenship to be granted to all USA born and naturalized. Also, equal protection laws for former enslaved people.

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Black men were granted the right to vote. However, states in the south didn't allow this new right until 1965.

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Thanks to the 19th amendment, women were granted the right to vote in the US.

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Congress enacts the Indian Citizenship Act which allowed Native Americans to vote.

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The Chinese Exclusion Act ends. This allowed Asian-Americans to be able to vote in the US.

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The 23rd ammendment allowed people living in Washington DC were given the right to vote for presidential elections.

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Poll taxes were banned under the Lyndon B. Johnson administration with the ratification of the 24th amendment.

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President Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law. This allowed the banning of literacy tests and enforcing the 15th amendment.

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President Richard Nixon signed the 26th amendment allowed people who are at the age of 18 allowed to vote.

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President Gerald Ford enforced the idea of having non-English speakers having access to vote with special assistance.

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The Voting Rights Act gets exteded for another 25 years due to Ronald Reagan.

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The Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped Act gets signed into law by Reagan. This required polling places to be handicapped and elderly friendly.

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The National Voter Registration Act of 1993 is signed into law by President Bill Clinton. This requires state motor vehicle agencies to offer voter registration opportunities. As well as, offering mail-in voter registration applications

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George W. Bush signs the Help America Vote Act. This allowed to have the U.S. Election Assistance Commission improve and certify voting equipment, while maintaining the National Voter Registration form.

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In Shelby County v. Holder, the U.S. Supreme Court, in a 5-4 vote, rules that Section 4(b) of the Voting Rights Act is unconstitutional. They would explain that the Voting Rights Act as "outdated."