Voters' rights

In: Opinions throughout history

Abstract

1. The right of ownership: the first elections in the Colonies (1584-1655) -- 2. Establishing American theocracy: disenfranchisement begins in the Colonies with Catholics (1640s-1840s) -- 3. Outliers: early suffrage for persons of color and women (1640s-1790s) -- 4. America is not a direct democracy: the Electoral College and the popular vote (1788-1840s) -- 5. Owning the vote: origins of the voting debate (1700s-1800s) -- 6. Engendering citizenship: prefeminism feminists (1590s-1870s) -- 7. A hierarchy of race: ending slavery (1750s-1850s) -- 8. Voting rights for people of color: the Fifteenth Amendment (1869-1900) -- 9. Serpents of Massachusetts: Gerrymandering explained (1800s-present) -- 10. Women's work: voting from Suffragettes to Hillary Clinton (1840s-2016) -- 11. Indigenous rights: the Native American vote (1800s-present) -- 12. The statistics race: political polling and the vote (1820s-present) -- 13. Paying to vote: introduction of the Poll Tax (1600s-present) -- 14. Civil rights and voting rights: Voting Rights Act (1965-present) -- 15. Age of citizenship: Voting Rights Act Amendment (1970) -- 16. Reading the fine print: literacy testing (1865-1965) -- 17. The fight for access: the elderly and the physically handicapped (1700s-present) -- 18. Voting at home: residency requirements (1970s-2000s) -- 19. Losing the right to vote: voting and the incarcerated (1729-2015) -- 20. The voting state of mind: voting and mental competency (1700s-present) -- 21. A citizen's right: resident aliens and the right to vote (1700s-present) -- 22. The unpopular vote: the ongoing debate about the Electoral College (2000s-present) -- 23. Identity and the right to vote: the battle over voter ID laws (1950s-present) -- 24. The right to change: felon disenfranchisement and race (1960s-present) -- 25. Interference and ideology: foreign influence in the American electoral process (1700-present) -- 26. The specter of fraud: public opinion about voter fraud (1888-present) -- 27. Modernizing the vote: voting in the digital age (2010s-present) -- 28. Getting out the vote: voter participation, past and future (1700s-present) -- 29. Conclusion: the importance of the vote.