VOTING

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VOTING
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The power to vote is called

• 1) Suffrage
• 2) Enfranchise
• NOTE In a democracy the power of the government
  ultimately belongs to the people.

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HISTORY OF VOTING IN THE UNITED STATES

• Before 1870 Only white males who were 21 years
  of age or older and they often had to own land
  and be educated.

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HISTORY OF VOTING IN THE UNITED STATES

• 15th Amendment (1870) Give the right to vote to
  African-American men. (Cannot be deprived based
  on race.)

Frederick Douglas
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HISTORY OF VOTING IN THE UNITED STATES

• 19th Amendment (1920) Gives the right to vote to
  women.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Susan B. Anthony
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HISTORY OF VOTING IN THE UNITED STATES

• 24th Amendment (1964) A person cannot be
  required to own property or pay a poll tax in
  order to vote.

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HISTORY OF VOTING IN THE UNITED STATES

• Voting Rights Act (1965) Abolished literacy test
  as a requirement for voting.

MLK
LBJ
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HISTORY OF VOTING IN THE UNITED STATES

• 26th Amendment (1971) Lowered the legal voting
  age of eighteen.

Eighteen
Jennings Randolph of WV
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REQUIREMENT TO VOTE IN OHIO You must be

• US Citizen
• Resident of Ohio
• At least 18 years of age by the November
  election.
• Registered with the Board of Elections.
• Resident of your voting precinct for 30 days
  prior to the election.

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