Real Americans Vote
Requirements to vote
*18 or older
*Been a resident of NC the county and the precinct
*Can not vote in another county state or precinct
*Have not been convicted of a felony
Voting and voter behavior
*First you need to educate yourself before you vote so that you don't vote for a random person because there the popular candidate.
*Find your local poll and go fill out your ballot to vote.
*Some people chose not to vote either they don't have interest in voting or there not able to vote.
*Straight ticket is voting a straight republican or straight democrat ticket
*split ticket is voting for both parties some republicans some democrats
*voter fatigue is when some one gets tired of filling out there ballot once they get to the end they just start bubbling.
*15th amendment All males could vote African American or white
*17th amendment Direct election for senators
*19th amendment women could vote
*23rd amendment Residents in D.C could vote
*24th amendment Removed all poll taxes
*26th amendment 18 year olds could vote
Rights to voting changed over time
1870 - 15th amendment prohibits denying a person the right to vote due to race
1920 - 19th amendment guarantees women the right to vote
1924 - congressional act native Americans given citizenship
1944- smith v allwright supreme court rules prohibiting African Americans the right to vote in primary elections is unconstitutional.
1957-civil rights act justice departments can sue to protect voting rights
1960- civil rights act penalties against anyone who obstructs individuals voting rights
1961- 23rd amendment residents of district of Columbia given right to vote
1964-24th amendment out laws poll tax
1965- voting rights act literacy testing prohibited
1970- voting rights act amendments of 1970 lowers legal voting age to 18
1971- 26th amendment lowers minimum voting age to 18
1975-voting rights act Bans literacy test and mandates bilingual ballots in certain areas
1982-votings rights act Extends provisions of two previous voting rights amendments
1992-voting rights language assistance act extends rights of bilingual ballots
1993 national voter registration act easier to register to vote
2006-voting rights act reauthorization and amendmenst act of 2006