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Only land owning, white men are allowed to vote at this time.

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This granted citizenship and equal civil and legal rights to African Americans and enslaved people who had been emancipated after the American Civil War.

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This guaranteed that the right to vote could not be denied based on “race, color, or previous condition of servitude.”

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After the Civil War, many states enacted literacy tests as a voting requirement. The purpose was to exclude persons with minimal literacy, in particular, poor African Americans in the South, from voting.

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This found certain grandfather clause exemptions to literacy tests for voting rights to be unconstitutional.

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This prohibits the United States and its states from denying the right to vote to citizens of the United States on the basis of sex, in effect recognizing the right of women to a vote.

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This 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.

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This prohibits both Congress and the states from conditioning the right to vote in federal elections on payment of a poll tax or other types of tax.

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It outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern states after the Civil War, including literacy tests as a prerequisite to voting.

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This requires certain states and local governments to obtain federal preclearance before implementing any changes to their voting systems.

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The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age.

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1997:  First Felony Disenfranchisement Law in Texas

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1997:  First Felony Disenfranchisement Law in Texas

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This involved a suspension or withdrawal of voting rights due to the conviction of a criminal offense

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Over 40 percent of America voted by mail during the presidential election of 2020.

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In 2021, 36 states have voter ID requirements.

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Act 249, which passed in 2021 and made changes to Arkansas's voter ID law, was deemed unconstitutional.

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168.31 million people registered are currently registered to vote in the United States.