Amuricaman

Voting Rights

By KingDedede
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    America's messed up voting right situation.

  • White Men with Property are given the right to vote in USA

    White Men with Property are given the right to vote in USA

    Technically, you just had to have property, but people that were not white men had no way of getting that, and even some white men couldn't. such a dog eat dog world.
  • White Guys (olden days) are given more voting advantage to women and non-white men

    White Guys (olden days) are given more voting advantage to women and non-white men

    Officially removing everyone's right to vote but the white property owning man. there were a few black men in special circumstances allowed to vote before but they snuffed that out.
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    States remove the property requirement, leaning towards tax

    Over the span of 1792 - 1856, states slowly lost the property requirement, but kept a tax on voting, to keep the commoners and lower lifeforms away.
  • The start of something beautiful

    The start of something beautiful

    In 1868, all people born in the USA were citizens via the fourteenth amendment, this was like the starting to push to pretty much every other voting improvement.
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    Women voting rights in some states.

    Some states, starting with Wyoming, gave women voting rights. this is what some people call foreshadowing.
  • People of color can vote!

    People of color can vote!

    Primarily black people, but every person of color could vote so long as they followed the same rules as everyone else (white men).
  • Jim Crow Laws.

    Jim Crow Laws.

    This is why America is not allowed to have nice things. fun fact! White Rich Men didn't like all of this "freedom" in THEIR land of the free so they got creative.
  • Natives are granted citizenship and voting...at a cost.

    Natives are granted citizenship and voting...at a cost.

    Native Americans that give up their "barbaric unamerican ways" and go red, white, and blue are given the right to vote and citizenship. how kind. :)
  • Grandfather cause is ruled unconstitutional!!

    Grandfather cause is ruled unconstitutional!!

    Grandfather clause was some dumb thing that said "If your grandpa could vote, so could you." White Rich Men cried the day it was vetoed (probably) and everyone else cheered.
  • Women Can Vote!!

    Women Can Vote!!

    Rejoice! It only took 1 1/2 centuries!
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    Native Americans are given the right to vote (Improved!)

    Now, they could stay as Native Americans and still vote in the country they have lived in since birth. This happened pretty much all at once, but some stranglers in the west held out until they couldn't.
  • Chinese People Can Vote!

    Chinese People Can Vote!

    That is great! Didn't know you guys were facing difficulty too but welcome to the team!
  • Washington DC can vote!

    Washington DC can vote!

    Great? Not really as monumental as you think. It just means that the District of Columbia is treated as a bare minimum state.
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    Voting Protections

    This includes
    - One Man One Vote
    - No poll tax
    - minority protection
    - wealth requirement ban
    - Both houses of the electoral districts of state legislation are required to have members equal in population
  • 18 becomes the minimum age of voting, yay!

    18 becomes the minimum age of voting, yay!

    Now even the YOUNG adults can vote. Look how far we've come.
  • Abroad and Overseas American soldiers are still allowed to vote.

    Abroad and Overseas American soldiers are still allowed to vote.

    This was news to me. Before that year, people FIGHTING FOR THE COUNTRY could not vote.