Voting in the U.S.
By: Sarah Williamson
Voter Registration procedures/Requirements and steps to voting
Requirements
Must be a U.S. Citizen and 18 yrs. old be a resident and be registered 25 days before election
Procedures
National voter registration Act requires states to let people to register when they renew their drivers licenses
On Election day voters go to polling place in their precincts to cast their vote
You write down name address and signature and the challenger reads your name out and makes sure you who you are
You choose a candidate on the ballot and you mark the one you want and you are ready to say that you voted
Who Votes/who doesnt and why
Who votes is anybody 18 yrs. + that is a citizen resident and registered
Who cant if you are not a citizen have felonies
StrIaight Vs. Split Ticket Voting
Straight voting is practicing to vote for every candidate that a political party has on a general election ballot
Split voting is a vote of different political parties on the same ballot instead of for candidates of only one party
Ballot Fatigue
Timeline of History suffage and voting Amendments
1870- Fifteenth Amendment can vote no matter the race
1920- Nineteenth Amendment women's right to vote
1924- Congressional Act
1944- Smith v. Allwright prohibiting African Americans from voting primary elections is unconstitutional
1957- Civil Rights Act of 1957
1961 Twenty-third Amendment citizens can vote in D.C.
1971- Twenty-sixth Amendment lowered voting age to 18 from 21
Seventeenth Amendment citizens directly electing senators
Twenty-fourth Amendment ended poll taxes