Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Three Cheers For Voting Rights!

You probably haven't always been allowed to vote. 
Check out the following Voting Fun Facts to see when the US extended you that right (a.k.a. stopped denying you the right to vote):
 

1868 - 14th Amendment lets anyone born on US soil or naturalized to US become "citizen" and be allowed a vote
1870 - 15th Amendment lets people of all races, colors, or previous "conditions of servitude" vote
1920 - 19th Amendment lets women vote
1961 - 23rd Amendment lets people living in Washington D.C. vote for president

1964 - 24th Amendment lets people vote without paying a poll tax (a.k.a. stops denying people who can't afford it)
1971 - 26th Amendment lets anyone 18 or older vote

And don't forget the Voting Rights Act of 1965 which outlawed any voting practices that discriminated against groups of voters (i.e. literacy tests and poll taxes)!


So get out and exercise your hard-earned right to vote!  And if that isn't enough reason, LAist has a couple of additional incentives.

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