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The Timeline of American Voting Rights
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The Timeline of
American Voting Rights
By: Aniyah Johnson
U.S. Constitution
1789
In the constitution it states "The 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."
Removal of Property Requirement
1790
In 1791 Vermont was one of the first states to allow voting without owning property and the other states soon followed.
Naturalization Act
1790
This act allowed free white persons born outside of the United States to become citizens. However, due to the Constitution granting the states the power to set voting requirements, this Act (and its successor Naturalization Act of 1795) did not automatically grant the right to vote.
14th Amendment
1868
On July 9,1868 the 14th amendment was passed, which granted citizenship to all persons "born or naturalized in the United States," including formerly enslaved people, and provided all citizens with “equal protection under the laws...”
15th Amendment
1870
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
17th Amendment
1913
This gave people the right to vote for their senators instead of the state legislature; this is called direct election.
19th Amendment
1920
The 19th amendment legally guarantees American women the right to vote. Achieving this milestone required a lengthy and difficult struggle—victory took decades of agitation and protest.
Suffrage for Native Americans
1924
The Snyder Act of 1924 admitted Native Americans born in the U.S. to full U.S. citizenship. Though the Fifteenth Amendment, passed in 1870, granted all U.S. citizens the right to vote regardless of race, it wasn't until the Snyder Act that Native Americans could enjoy the rights granted by this amendment.
Voting Rights Act of 1965
1965
It outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern states after the Civil War, including literacy tests as a prerequisite to voting.
26th Amendment
1971
The 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.
Recent Initiatives
2022
Photo ID is required to vote so no one can vote more than once.
About 4.7 million Americans, more than 2 percent of the adult population, are barred from voting because of a felony conviction.