Voting Rights Timeline

By Eric Seaboch

  • 1789 - Constitution is ratified

    The ratification, or adoption, of the Constitution took place between September of 1787 and July of 1788. The Federal Convention, which had drafted the Constitution between May and September 1787, had no authority to impose it on the American people.

  • 1971- 26th Amendment

    he right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age.