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Voting

1992 Voting ends on choice of Elvis stamps 1992 Voting begins on choice of Elvis postage stamps 1991 Switzerland votes on lowering voting age from 20 to 18 1986 Senate joins House of Representatives voting for sweeping tax reforms 1982 Voting Rights Act of 1965 extended 1982 Voting Rights Act of 1965 extended by Senate by 85-8 vote 1971 26th amendment certified, reduces voting age to 18 1971 Ohio becomes 38th state to approve of lower voting age to 18, thus ratifying 26th amendment 1971 Senate approves amendment lowering voting age to 18 1970 President Nixon signs 26th amendment, voting age lowered to 18 1970 Baseball All-Star voting is returned to fans 1970 U.S. lowers voting age from 21 to 18 1965 Federal Voting Rights Act guarantees black voting rights 1965 Lyndon Baines Johnson signs Voting Rights Act, guaranteeing voting rights for blacks 1965 Dutch Voting Rights Bill passes 1964 President Johnson signs Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act into law 1964 24th Amendment to U.S. Constitution goes into effect and states voting rights could not be denied due to failure to pay taxes 1961 Martin L. King protests for black voting right in Miami 1959 Vatican edict forbids Roman Catholics for voting for communists 1959 Swiss males vote against voting rights for women 1950 Swiss parliament refuses voting right for women 1944 Smith vs. Allwright (excluding Blacks from primary voting) is illegal 1930 White woman win voting rights in South-Africa 1920 Tennessee ratifies 19th Amendment, guarantees women voting right 1919 Italy agress to general voting right/proportional representation 1916 40,000 Amsterdam demonstrators demand general voting right 1913 Demonstrations for general voting right in Neth 1913 Belgium begins general strike for voting rights 1910 Belgian parliament rejects socialist motion for general voting rights 1907 Norway restricts woman's voting rights 1901 SDAP demands general voting right/abolishing First Chamber 1899 U.S. Congress begins using voting machines 1896 1st U.S. absentee voting law enacted by Vermont 1892 New York State unveils automatic ballot booth (voting machine) 1885 Dutch demonstrate for general voting right 1872 Britain introduces secret ballot voting 1869 Voting machine patented by Thomas A. Edison 1631 English colony Massachusetts Bay grants puritarian voting right

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