Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
When New Mexico created its state constitution in 1910, it continued to allow women to vote in school elections, but it was nearly impossible to modify the constitution for suffrage any further. Women in the state chose to pursue advocating for a federal women's suffrage amendment.
Women's suffrage in New Mexico first began with granting women the right to vote in school board elections and was codified into the New Mexico State Constitution, written in 1910. In 1912, New Mexico was a state, and suffragists there worked to support the adoption of a federal women's suffrage amendment to allow women equal suffrage.
The larger NAWSA, under the leadership of Carrie Chapman Catt, also made the suffrage amendment its top priority. [5] In September 1918, President Wilson spoke before the Senate, asking for the suffrage amendment to be approved. The amendment was approved by Congress in 1919 and by the required number of states a year later.
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]
Voting Rights Act, amendments of 1970; Long title: An Act To extend the Voting Rights Act of 1965 with respect to the discriminatory use of tests, and for other purposes: Enacted by: the 91st United States Congress: Effective: June 22, 1970: Citations; Public law: 91-285: Statutes at Large: 84 Stat. 314: Codification; Acts amended: Voting ...
Vote this November like your rights depend on it, because they do. Vote NO on Amendment #2. Remember, Democrats who stay home during the midterms elect Republicans who legislate away their rights.
1948: Arizona and New Mexico became one of the last states to extend full voting rights to Native Americans, which had been opposed by some western states in contravention of the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924. [33] [34] 1954-1955: Maine extends full voting rights to Native Americans who live on reservations.
The coverage formula, contained in Section 4(b) of the Act, determines which states are subject to preclearance. As enacted in 1965, the first element in the formula was whether, on November 1, 1964, the state or a political subdivision of the state maintained a "test or device" restricting the opportunity to register and vote.