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2012 Event - Voters in Alexandria, Egypt clash during the evening of the second voting session on the highly charged constitutional referendum

2012 Event - Egypt's voters go to the polls for a second round of voting in their first presidential election

2012 Event - In a third round of voting, the Parliament of Albania fails to elect the President of the Republic of Albania

1992 Event - Voting ends on choice of Elvis stamps

1992 Event - Voting begins on choice of Elvis postage stamps

1991 Event - Switzerland votes on lowering voting age from 20 to 18

1986 Event - Senate joins House of Representatives voting for sweeping tax reforms

1982 Event - Voting Rights Act of 1965 extended

1982 Event - Voting Rights Act of 1965 extended by Senate by 85-8 vote

1971 Event - 26th amendment certified, reduces voting age to 18

1971 Event - Ohio becomes 38th state to approve of lower voting age to 18, thus ratifying 26th amendment

1971 Event - Senate approves amendment lowering voting age to 18

1970 Event - President Nixon signs 26th amendment, voting age lowered to 18

1970 Event - Baseball All-Star voting is returned to fans

1970 Event - U.S. lowers voting age from 21 to 18

1965 Event - Federal Voting Rights Act guarantees black voting rights

1965 Event - Lyndon Baines Johnson signs Voting Rights Act, guaranteeing voting rights for blacks

1965 Event - Dutch Voting Rights Bill passes

1964 Event - President Johnson signs Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act into law

1964 Event - 24th Amendment to U.S. Constitution goes into effect and states voting rights could not be denied due to failure to pay taxes

1961 Event - Martin L. King protests for black voting right in Miami

1959 Event - Vatican edict forbids Roman Catholics for voting for communists

1959 Event - Swiss males vote against voting rights for women

1950 Event - Swiss parliament refuses voting right for women

1944 Event - Smith vs. Allwright (excluding Blacks from primary voting) is illegal

1930 Event - White woman win voting rights in South Africa

1920 Event - Tennessee ratifies 19th Amendment, guarantees women voting right

1919 Event - Italy agress to general voting right/proportional representation

1916 Event - 40,000 Amsterdam demonstrators demand general voting right

1913 Event - Demonstrations for general voting right in Netherlands

1913 Event - Belgium begins general strike for voting rights

1910 Event - Belgian parliament rejects socialist motion for general voting rights

1907 Event - Norway restricts woman's voting rights

1901 Event - SDAP demands general voting right/abolishing First Chamber

1899 Event - U.S. Congress begins using voting machines

1896 Event - 1st U.S. absentee voting law enacted by Vermont

1892 Event - New York State unveils automatic ballot booth (voting machine)

1885 Event - Dutch demonstrate for general voting right

1872 Event - Britain introduces secret ballot voting

1869 Event - Voting machine patented by Thomas A. Edison

1631 Event - English colony Massachusetts Bay grants puritarian voting right













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