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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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