Voting Rights In the United States

1789 - Constitutionis Ratified Only white male adult proerty - owners have the right to vote.

Sep 17, 1789

Only whit male adult proprerty - owners have the right to vote

1810 religious qualifications dropped - laste religious perequisite for voting is eliminated

Sep 30, 1810

Last Religious prerequisite for voting is eliminated

1850 - Prprety requirments dropped. Property ownership and tax requiremetns eliminated by 1850. Almostall adult white males could vote.

Jan 1, 1850

15th amdenment is passed. It gives frrmer slaves the right to vote and protects the voting rights of adult male citizenship of any race.

Dec 7, 1867

1920- 19th amendment guarantees womans suffrage

Jun 4, 1920

23rd amendment allows voters of the district of the public of Columbia to participate in presisdential elections

Jun 16, 1961

24th Amdendment bans the poll tax as a requirement for voting in federal elections.

Jan 23, 1964

Viting Rights act of 1965 protects the rights of minority voters and eliminates voting barriers such as the literacy test. The Act is expanded and renewed in 1970, 1975, and 1982

Aug 6, 1965

26th Amendment sets the minnimum voting age at 18

Jul 1, 1971