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Iowa restores the voting rights of felons who completed their prison sentences. [59] Nebraska ends lifetime disenfranchisement of people with felonies but adds a five-year waiting period. [62] 2006. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was extended for the fourth time by President George W. Bush, being the second extension of 25 years. [64]
The Commonwealth Franchise Act 1902 withdrew any Aboriginal voting rights for federal elections, stating: "No aboriginal native of Australia ... shall be entitled to have his name placed on an Electoral Roll unless so entitled under section forty-one of the Constitution". The Act also denied the vote to native people of Asia, Africa and the ...
In 1949, Parliament legislated to ensure that all Aboriginal ex-servicemen should have the right to vote. In 1961 a Parliamentary Committee was established to investigate and report to the Parliament on Aboriginal voting rights, and in 1962, Menzies's Commonwealth Electoral Act provided that all Indigenous Australians should have the right to ...
Historically, single-day voting was established in Kentucky in the 1890s, when those who could vote were a select few who looked a lot less like today’s socially and economically diverse society ...
Still others, though marked for termination, fought the process and prevented laws from coming out of committee or reaching the floor for a vote. Tribal leaders played key roles in getting their cases heard by the United States Congress , through the political process, and by the Supreme Court in suits and appeals.
Voting No on Amendment 2 isn’t just about saving our public schools — it’s about saving our wallets and keeping our values of fairness and transparency intact. The devil’s in the details
Colorado, Kentucky and Nebraska voters are deciding on school choice ballot measures this fall. Kentucky isn't the only state voting on school choice. 2 others have it on the ballot. Skip to main ...
In 2004, Kentucky became the fourth state to send a constitutional amendment banning same-sex unions to the state's voters. [5] On Election Day of that year, Kentucky joined 10 other states in passing such an amendment, [6] with voters passing it by a 3-to-1 margin. [7] The text of the amendment reads: