2021年4月19日 · Since America’s founding days, when voting was limited to white male property owners, to the transformative Voting Rights Act of 1965, to sweeping voting process reform introduced in the...

This is a timeline of voting rights in the United States, documenting when various groups in the country gained the right to vote or were disenfranchised. The Constitution of the United States recognizes that the states have the power to set voting requirements.

Voting rights have expanded and contracted—through landmark legislation, constitutional amendments, and U.S. Supreme Court decisions—throughout history, reflecting the evolution of the American democratic project and ultimately embracing the diversity of the electorate.

2017年7月28日 · President Johnson issued a call for a strong voting rights law and hearings began soon thereafter on the bill that would become the Voting Rights Act. Congress determined that the existing federal anti-discrimination laws were not sufficient to overcome the resistance by state officials to enforcement of the 15th Amendment.

Voting rights, in U.S. history and politics, are a set of legal and constitutional protections designed to ensure the opportunity to vote in local, state, and federal elections for the vast majority of adult citizens. The right to vote is an essential element of democracy.

President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act into law, permanently barring barriers to political participation by racial and ethnic minorities, prohibiting any election practice that denies the right to vote on account of race, and requiring jurisdictions with a history of discrimination in voting to get federal approval for changes ...

Voting rights, specifically enfranchisement and disenfranchisement of different groups, have been a moral and political issue throughout United States history. Eligibility to vote in the United States is governed by the United States Constitution and by federal and state laws.

We explore key events in the history of voting rights that go some way to understanding the civil rights challenges that marginalised groups have faced in the past and the ongoing debates shaping the current political landscape in the US.

2023年9月6日 · Amendments to the Constitution extended the right to vote in the 19th and 20th centuries. The 15th Amendment (1870) extended voting rights to men of all races. The 19th Amendment (1920) prohibited the states from denying the vote on the basis of sex. The 24th Amendment (1964) sought to remove barriers to voting by prohibiting a poll tax.

2025年1月10日 · 1965: Voting Rights Act is passed. 1971: The 26th Amendment made the minimum voting age 18, previously the minimum voting age was 21. 1986: The Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act granted U.S. Military, Uniformed Services, Merchant Marines, and other U.S. citizens living abroad right to vote.