Voting In The United States
All The Things You Will Need To Know About Voting!
Requirements!!!
Voting is great!!!!
who votes/who doesn't
Straight VS. split ticket voting
ballot fatigue
Steps in voting
2- Register to vote
3- Find polling place
4- Get a sample ballot
5- Educate yourself on the candidates and the issues.
6- Go vote
Amendments
17th- Elect our senators
19th- Women can vote
23rd- Vote in D.C
24th- Ended pole taxes
26th- Lowered voting age from 21 to 18
timeline
1960- civil rights act- introduces penalties against anybody who obstructs an individual's voting rights
1964-24th amendment- outlaws poll tax in national elections
1975-26th amendment- minimum voting age reduced to 18 for all elections
1993-national voter registration act- makes it easier to register to vote and maintain registration
WHY DID I CHOOSE THESE 5 EVENTS?
I chose these 5 events because i feel like they made the biggest impact. Like without most for them voting would not be were it is now. For example black Americans would not have been able to vote even women would not have been able to vote.