POLI 4031 Midterm: Post MidTerm
Document Summary
Paries must not only win supporters, but bring them to the polls on elecion day. If possible, discourage opposite party voters from turning out. Property owners (by 1860 only 4 states required taxpaying as a condiion to vote) African americans (15th amendment in 1870; not unil the 1960s in most of the south: white primaries, poll taxes, literacy tests. Lower classes: poll taxes (24th amendment raiied in 1964) Voing rights act of 1965: shelby county vs. holder (2013) struck down key elements of vra. Australian ballot (secret ballot) came into widespread use in the 1890s; before this ime the oral vote was used, and later paries printed their own ballots. Ciizenship: prior to 1894 at least 12 states permited nonciizens to vote. By 1920s, all states required that voters be us ciizens. Residency requirements: naional laws limit registraion to 30 days for voing in presidenial elecions.
