1. Why We Oppose Votes for Men
Because man’s place is in the Army.
Because no really manly man want to settle any question otherwise than by fighting.
Because if men should adopt peaceful methods, women will no longer look up to them.
Because men will lose their charm if they step out of their natural sphere and interest themselves in other matters than feats of arms, uniforms, and drums.
Because men are too emotional to vote. Their conduct at baseball games and political conventions shows this while their innate tendency to appeal to force renders them particularly unfit for the task of government.
- Alice Duce Miller, 1915

2. Expansion of Voting Rights
Eliminate religious tests, property ownership, and tax payment. (Early 1800’s)
15th Amendment (1870)- allowed to vote regardless of race or color.
19th Amendment (1920)- women’s suffrage.
1960’s expansion- Voting Rights Act 1965 (voting equality), 23rd Amendment (D.C. voters), 24th Amendment (no poll tax).
26th Amendment (1971)- set voting age at 18.

3. Restrictions on States when setting Voting Qualifications
Same voters can vote in all elections w/in a state.
St. can’t deprive right to vote based on “race, color, or previous condition of servitude” (15th Amend.)
St. can’t deprive right to vote based on sex (19th)
St. can’t require tax to vote (24th)
St. can’t deprive a person who is at least 18 yrs. old.

4. Voting Qualifications
Citizenship- you must be a U.S. citizen.
Age- you must be at least 18 yrs old.
Residence- you must live in a state for a certain amount of time (30 days) and vote there.

5. Voter Registration Registration depends on state laws.
Most states require you to register before you can vote. (49 states)
Some states have periodic registration.

6. Persons Denied the Vote
People in mental institutions or mentally incompetent.
Convicted of serious crimes.
Dishonorable discharge from the military.
Homeless
Who is denied the right to vote is usually determined by state laws.