Voting By drew120113 Jun 21, 1788 Constitution went into effect Feb 26, 1864 Fifteenth Amendment was ratified Dec 24, 1914 had won the right to vote in 11 states Dec 24, 1917 National Women’s Party... began picketing outside the White House and distributing leaflets Jan 24, 1960 only 29 percent of all African Americans in the South were registered Dec 31, 1960 pass a literacy test to qualify to vote Jan 23, 1964 Twenty-fourth Amendment outlawed the poll tax in national elections Aug 6, 1965 Voting Rights Act Dec 24, 1966 poll tax in state elections was eliminated Jul 1, 1971 Twenty-sixth Amendment ended the debate, lowering the voting age to 18 in every state