https://padlet.com/dhancoc3/n12tsbb4i5f1j12j en-us 2023-10-02 21:59:26 UTC 2023-10-02 22:53:34 UTC hello@padlet.com dhancoc3 https://padlet.com/dhancoc3/n12tsbb4i5f1j12j/wish/2729321602 The Declaration of Independence has decided how to settle voting rights ]]> 2023-10-02 22:10:59 UTC https://padlet.com/dhancoc3/n12tsbb4i5f1j12j/wish/2729321602 dhancoc3 https://padlet.com/dhancoc3/n12tsbb4i5f1j12j/wish/2729324632 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. ]]> 2023-10-02 22:15:07 UTC https://padlet.com/dhancoc3/n12tsbb4i5f1j12j/wish/2729324632 dhancoc3 https://padlet.com/dhancoc3/n12tsbb4i5f1j12j/wish/2729327421 The 14th amendment allows citenzenship to be granted to all USA born and naturalized. Also, equal protection laws for former enslaved people. ]]> 2023-10-02 22:19:40 UTC https://padlet.com/dhancoc3/n12tsbb4i5f1j12j/wish/2729327421 dhancoc3 https://padlet.com/dhancoc3/n12tsbb4i5f1j12j/wish/2729328276 Black men were granted the right to vote. However, states in the south didn't allow this new right until 1965. ]]> 2023-10-02 22:21:13 UTC https://padlet.com/dhancoc3/n12tsbb4i5f1j12j/wish/2729328276 dhancoc3 https://padlet.com/dhancoc3/n12tsbb4i5f1j12j/wish/2729330621 Thanks to the 19th amendment, women were granted the right to vote in the US. ]]> 2023-10-02 22:25:14 UTC https://padlet.com/dhancoc3/n12tsbb4i5f1j12j/wish/2729330621 dhancoc3 https://padlet.com/dhancoc3/n12tsbb4i5f1j12j/wish/2729332192 Congress enacts the Indian Citizenship Act which allowed Native Americans to vote. ]]> 2023-10-02 22:27:52 UTC https://padlet.com/dhancoc3/n12tsbb4i5f1j12j/wish/2729332192 dhancoc3 https://padlet.com/dhancoc3/n12tsbb4i5f1j12j/wish/2729332622 The Chinese Exclusion Act ends. This allowed Asian-Americans to be able to vote in the US. ]]> 2023-10-02 22:28:39 UTC https://padlet.com/dhancoc3/n12tsbb4i5f1j12j/wish/2729332622 dhancoc3 https://padlet.com/dhancoc3/n12tsbb4i5f1j12j/wish/2729333473 The 23rd ammendment allowed people living in Washington DC were given the right to vote for presidential elections. ]]> 2023-10-02 22:30:10 UTC https://padlet.com/dhancoc3/n12tsbb4i5f1j12j/wish/2729333473 dhancoc3 https://padlet.com/dhancoc3/n12tsbb4i5f1j12j/wish/2729334133 Poll taxes were banned under the Lyndon B. Johnson administration with the ratification of the 24th amendment. ]]> 2023-10-02 22:31:25 UTC https://padlet.com/dhancoc3/n12tsbb4i5f1j12j/wish/2729334133 dhancoc3 https://padlet.com/dhancoc3/n12tsbb4i5f1j12j/wish/2729336922 President Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law. This allowed the banning of literacy tests and enforcing the 15th amendment. ]]> 2023-10-02 22:36:20 UTC https://padlet.com/dhancoc3/n12tsbb4i5f1j12j/wish/2729336922 dhancoc3 https://padlet.com/dhancoc3/n12tsbb4i5f1j12j/wish/2729337694 President Richard Nixon signed the 26th amendment allowed people who are at the age of 18 allowed to vote. ]]> 2023-10-02 22:37:37 UTC https://padlet.com/dhancoc3/n12tsbb4i5f1j12j/wish/2729337694 dhancoc3 https://padlet.com/dhancoc3/n12tsbb4i5f1j12j/wish/2729341048 President Gerald Ford enforced the idea of having non-English speakers having access to vote with special assistance. ]]> 2023-10-02 22:42:46 UTC https://padlet.com/dhancoc3/n12tsbb4i5f1j12j/wish/2729341048 dhancoc3 https://padlet.com/dhancoc3/n12tsbb4i5f1j12j/wish/2729341953 The Voting Rights Act gets exteded for another 25 years due to Ronald Reagan. ]]> 2023-10-02 22:43:42 UTC https://padlet.com/dhancoc3/n12tsbb4i5f1j12j/wish/2729341953 dhancoc3 https://padlet.com/dhancoc3/n12tsbb4i5f1j12j/wish/2729343286 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. ]]> 2023-10-02 22:45:59 UTC https://padlet.com/dhancoc3/n12tsbb4i5f1j12j/wish/2729343286 dhancoc3 https://padlet.com/dhancoc3/n12tsbb4i5f1j12j/wish/2729344540 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]]> 2023-10-02 22:48:25 UTC https://padlet.com/dhancoc3/n12tsbb4i5f1j12j/wish/2729344540 dhancoc3 https://padlet.com/dhancoc3/n12tsbb4i5f1j12j/wish/2729345927 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. ]]> 2023-10-02 22:50:57 UTC https://padlet.com/dhancoc3/n12tsbb4i5f1j12j/wish/2729345927 dhancoc3 https://padlet.com/dhancoc3/n12tsbb4i5f1j12j/wish/2729347201 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." ]]> 2023-10-02 22:53:34 UTC https://padlet.com/dhancoc3/n12tsbb4i5f1j12j/wish/2729347201