Voting Rights Timeline

By lannimasz

  • Declaration of Independence Frames Voters' Rights

  • Voting Left to States

  • Citizenship Granted to All US-Born and Naturalized

  • Black Men Granted the Right to Vote

  • Women Get the Right to Vote

  • Native Americans Granted the Right to Vote

  • Chinese Exclusion Act Ends

  • Washington, D.C. Residents Can Vote in Presidential Elections

  • Poll Taxes Banned

  • Voting Rights Act

  • 18 and Up Can Vote

  • Rights for Non-English-Speaking Voters

  • Voting Rights Act Extended

  • Voting Is Made Accessible

  • Voter Registration Through DMVs

  • Help America Vote Act

  • Voting Rights Act Walked Back