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What are the constitutional restrictions on the power of the states to set voting rights?
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∙ 14y ago
There were many ways that the states limited voting rights. Southern states would misinform blacks about the voting activities, times, and locations so that they could not cast their votes. States would also set up regulations to prevent people in their area from being able to cast their votes if they did not want them to be included.
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∙ 14y ago1. Any person whom a state allows to vote for members of the "most numerous branch" of its own legislature must also be allowed to vote for representatives and senators in congress.
2. No state can deprive any person of the right to vote "on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude".
3. No state can deprive any person of the right to vote based on gender.
4. No state is allowed to administer poll tax.
5. No state can deprive any person the right to vote because of age if at least 18.
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States rights by voting?
I am not sure what you are asking. Voting rights are given in the constitution and the states have made laws to restrict some voting rights, but the federal government is suppose to protect voting rights.
How did the passage of the 15th 19th and 26th Amendments of the Constitution change individual voting rights?
These amendments removed traditional restrictions of race, gender, and age from voting rights.
In the Constitutional Convention voting qualifications were made residual powers because if the?
It was made this way because of the widespread variation of voting requirements in all the states.
Which state became the first to grant women full voting rights in 1890?
The state of Wyoming granted women voting rights in 1890. Several other states, such as Oregon and Colorado, had granted voting rights to women before the 19th Amendment.
What was the purpose of the voting acts of 1965?
it outlawed certain unfair restrictions on voting
What are the constitutional restrictions on the powers of the states to set voting qualifications?
Voters must be citizens of the United States and live in the precinct in which they vote. States to have the right to declare what the minimum voting age is.
What are the constitutional restrictions on the power of the state's to set voting qualifications?
Voters must be citizens of the United States and live in the precinct in which they vote. States to have the right to declare what the minimum voting age is.
The states labeled No Voting Rights would be most affected by which Constitutional Amendment?
19th Amendment
What are the constitutional restrictions on the power of the states to set qualification?
Voters must be citizens of the United States and live in the precinct in which they vote. States to have the right to declare what the minimum voting age is.
Voting rights of women in the 1950's?
Women had voting rights by 1950, although there were still restrictions that were abolished by the 1970s.
States rights by voting?
I am not sure what you are asking. Voting rights are given in the constitution and the states have made laws to restrict some voting rights, but the federal government is suppose to protect voting rights.
What was the voting right act of 1964.?
The Voting Rights Act of 1964, was signed into law in August, 1965, making various tactics such as literacy tests and poll taxes as a condition for voting. The practices had been set in place by Southern states after the Civil War to deliberately take away the Constitutional voting rights of African Americans.
Most states granted voting rights to which group of people?
Most states granted voting rights to property owners.
What impact did the expansion of voting rights have on american democracy?
The only democracy the United States has is the act of voting. The United States of America is a Constitutional Republic with very limited democracy. The only real impact of voting expansion, was people who were not allowed to vote, were now able to vote.
How did the passage of the 15th 19th and 26th Amendments of the Constitution change individual voting rights?
These amendments removed traditional restrictions of race, gender, and age from voting rights.
Which of the following groups was the last to receive a constitutional guarantee of their voting rights?
Asian Americans
Which nation has the largest role in terms of voting rights?
The United States has the largest role in terms of voting rights.
