GVPT 170 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Jim Crow Laws, Voting Rights Act Of 1965, Twenty-Fourth Amendment Of The Constitution Of India

• School: University of Maryland
• Department: Government and Politics
• Course: GVPT 170
• Professor: kristinamiler

Document Summary

Four restrictions: must be a us citizen, must be at least 18 years old, must be registered to vote, must. 1870: 15th amendment extended voting rights to african american men. But blacks were still subject to jim crow laws until the 1950"s. Grandfather clauses: if your grandfather could vote, so could you. 24th amendment (1964) - prohibited poll tax. Voting rights act (1965) - outlawed literacy tests and violence at polls. Note: there"s often a lag between legal changes in suffrage and the implementation of new laws. In the us voting is a two-step process. Reforms intended to make voting less costly. Motor voter laws, call for same-day registration. Early voting, absentee voting, voting by mail, etc. Just an id not costly to obtain. Factors that help determine who you vote for: How shortcuts are used in deciding how to vote: Retrospective evaluations (of issues, overall performance, character, etc)