GOVT 2306 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Joseph Weldon Bailey, White Primaries, Voting Rights Act Of 1965
26 Nov 2016
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Other forms of political participation is the signing of petitions, protesting, and writing letters to newspapers and political officials. Women were allowed to vote in primaries and party conventions. Then 19th amendment opened the right to vote to women. Joseph weldon bailey had been a democratic leader who opposed the franchise for women because they cannot perform 3 basic duties of citizenship: jury service, posse comitatus service (be able to deal with emergency), and military service. Women"s morals dictated their beliefs and would force their beliefs on men. Poll tax - powerful political bosses had economic power and personal influence over. Prevented poor people from being able to vote. Enacted in 1902, required voters to pay a tax that cover the costs of elections and had to be paid in advance. It was made illegal with the 24th amendment but remained legal in local elections in.
