Voting+Rights+and+Voter+Suppression





History of Voting Rights

 * ** See United History I.23 and United States History I.33 for the expansion of voting and women's suffrage **
 * ** See Voting Rights timeline from MassVote **


 * [[image:primary_sources.PNG link="@https://ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=false&doc=44"]]15th Amendment to the Constitution**

For additional historical information, see Tag Bundle on LBJ and Voting Rights History


 * Race and Voting in the Segregated South, Constitutional Rights Foundation
 * A Dream Undone: Inside the 50-Year Campaign to Roll Back the Voting Rights Act, New York Times (July 29, 2015)
 * Techniques of Direct Disenfranchisement, 1880-1965


 * Poll Taxes**
 * [[image:Screen Shot 2016-10-29 at 12.06.19 PM.png width="76" height="54" link="@https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?search=poll+tax&title=Special:Search&go=Go&uselang=en&searchToken=6snhle9ci3woxr4gaut1g65u6#/media/File:Poll_tax_history.gif"]]Poll Tax History is an interactive overview of the rise of poll taxes after the Civil War**

The 24th Amendment Ended the Poll Tax, January 23, 1964

White Only: Jim Crow in America discusses ways African Americans were denied the vote


 * Literacy Tests**
 * [[image:Screen Shot 2016-10-29 at 12.06.19 PM.png width="76" height="54" link="@http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/voting_literacy.html"]]Can You Pass a Literacy Test?**


 * Literacy Tests and the Right to Vote**
 * **Connecticut was the first state to require a literacy test**
 * **It was intended to keep Irish immigrants from voting**



Voter Restriction Laws

 * New Voting Restrictions in Place for 2016 Presidential Election**, Brennan Center for Justice, New York University School of Law
 * Includes an interactive map to see state-by-state restrictions, including voter ID laws, photo ID requirements, and reduction of early voting times and days


 * Voter Identification Requirements,** National Council of State Legislatures


 * Oppose Voter ID Legislation: Fact Sheet**, American Civil Liberties Union

How Controversial Voter ID Laws are Affecting Voters from PBS Newshour

Some Republicans Acknowledge Leveraging Voter ID Laws for Political Gain, The New York Times (September 16, 2016)

The Truth About Voter Fraud, Brennan Center for Justice, New York University School of Law



Supreme Court Decisions on Voting Rights
Here Is What Is Happening in the Battle for Voting Rights, Mother Jones (August 3, 2016)


 * Evenwel v. Abbott (2016)**


 * Shelby County v. Holder (2013)**


 * Crawford v. Marion County Election Board (2008)**


 * Oregon v. Mitchell (1970)**


 * Baker v. Carr (1962)**


 * Guinn v. United States (1915)**


 * [[image:Female_Rose.png]]Minor v. Happersett (1875)**
 * **The Supreme Court ruled that the Constitution did not grant women the right to vote**
 * **Documents, Objects and Images from the Women's History Museum**
 * **Virginia Minor and Women's Right to Vote, Jefferson National Expansion Memorial**


 * Leser v. Garnett (1922)**


 * The Ways Citizens Participate in Political Life**
 * **Who Votes**
 * **Who Can Run for Office**
 * **Women and Voting**
 * **Voter Turnout**
 * **Alternatives to Winner Take All Voting**


 * Resources for Identifying Current Political Issues**