Voting Rights in the United States

By lbedore

  • Ratification of the Constitution

    Any male who was white and owned property could vote.

  • Religious Qualifications Dropped

    People of any religion can vote.

  • Property Requirements Dropped

    Tax and property ownership requirements are dropped. Almost all white adult males can vote.

  • 15th Amendment

    This amendment is very significant because it takes away voting restrictions from people of any "race, color, or previous condition of servitude." This allowed previous slaves and people of any race to vote.

  • 19th Amendment

    This amendment allows women the right to vote.

  • 23rd Amendment

    This amendment allowed voters who live in the District of Columbia to participate in the presidential election.

  • 24th Amendment

    This is significant because it takes away poll tax as a requirement for voting.

  • Voting Rights Act of 1965

    Takes away requirements like the literacy test, and protects rights of voters who belong to a minority group.

  • 26th Amendment

    Makes voting age 18. People eighteen and over can vote.