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Voting Rights Researching your Topic Cristina Navarro Southern New Hampshire University IDS-100-X5780: Liberal Arts Tara Greene 06/04/23

Voting Rights I never really knew much about voting rights. In my household, we just knew that we listened to the elders and voted the way they said to. So, when I became old enough to vote, I did just that. I remember in school learning that at one time women did not have that right. Neither did people of color. I remember thinking, wow, why was that even a thing? I learned that when the 19 th amendment was passed the law changed for women. Also, during women’s suffrage, these brave women came together and showed other women what voting rights looked like. Through the humanities lens, I know that many articles on social media, documentaries on television, and even films were made about voting rights. Through the natural science lens, I know that a lot of research and data is collected to find voting patterns. It helps politicians know where they need to visit more often to gain votes. Through the social science lens, I know that politicians are still trying to pass laws that would stop suppressing certain people who are still unable to vote. And when looking through the history lens, I know that certain people, like women and people of color, have fought fearlessly to be treated equally and given the right to vote. As I continue my research looking through the four lenses, there are a few questions that I would like to know the answers to. In the history lens, I would like to know what led to the Voting Rights Act of 1965? What did the government do to keep African Americans from voting? In the social science lens, I want to know if there are people or groups of people that are

still not able to vote? Why? In the humanities lens, who or what started the fight for women’s suffrage? When could women vote? And in the natural science lens, when was mail in voting considered? What are some issues that can come from mail in ballots? Some keywords that I would use to find these answers would be, women’s suffrage, voting rights, Voting Rights Act of 1965, mail in voting, women vote, and suppressed voters. The government tried many things to try and ensure that African Americans couldn’t vote. The most common was making them take a literacy test. It required them to be able to read, write, and interpret the US constitution. If they could not interpret it, then they could deem their interpretation incorrect and they would not be able to vote. In southern states, many organizations came together to help African Americans vote. They include, the Congress of Racial Equality, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Civil rights activists even marched from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. Law officers attacked them while trying to cross a bridge in Selma, injuring many people. This led to the approval of the Voting Rights Act in August of 1965. Currently, non-citizens (including permanent legal residents), some people with felony convictions, and some people who are mentally incapacitated are still unable to vote in federal, state, and most local elections. Only a few states make exceptions. There are bills in the works to try and change some of these, but as of now it is up to each individual state. In my state of

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Indiana, a convicted felon cannot vote while incarcerated, but once they are released, they can register and are eligible to vote. The women’s suffrage movement began in 1791, when a woman named Olympe de Gouges published the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen. It was closely followed by Mary Wollstonecraft in 1792 with her publication of Vindication of the Rights of Woman. Both publications had an impact, but the idea was considered too risky to pursue. In 1807, women were allowed to vote throughout the country. By the beginning of the twentieth century, other countries began to follow suit. By 2022, women’s suffrage became normal in democracies worldwide. Only one single state still only allows men to vote, Vatican City. Voting by mail was first implemented by the United States during the Civil War. It was implemented so that active soldiers could still vote in their home states. States expanded this practice for about 150 years. It allowed a registered voter that could not physically be present to vote by mail if certain criteria were met. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, in 2020, almost all states allowed any registered voter to vote by mail. In the 2020 election, voting by mail was challenged by different political parties. They contested that allowing everyone to vote by mail could increase the risk of fraud, lost ballots, coercion, and the inability for signature verification. It continues to be a discussion in congress to this day.

Citations Moore, W.V. 2022, Voting Rights Act of 1965, Salem Press Encyclopedia USAGOV, 2023, who can and cannot vote, https://www.usa.gov/who-can-vote Mercadal, Trudy, 2022, women’s suffrage, Salem Press Encyclopedia DiLascio-Martinuk, T., 2022, Vote by Mail: Overview, Points of View

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