{"id":2072,"date":"2020-09-12T12:51:45","date_gmt":"2020-09-12T12:51:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211pinsker\/?page_id=2072"},"modified":"2024-01-24T16:32:21","modified_gmt":"2024-01-24T16:32:21","slug":"brief-history-of-voting","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211pinsker\/course-syllabus\/brief-history-of-voting\/","title":{"rendered":"Brief History of Voting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h2>Why do voting rights matter?<\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2><strong>Thesis Framework<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&#8220;The history of voting rights is not yet over. Even today, debate continues&#8230;. History reminds us that even issues that seem settled sometimes reopen as subjects for debate&#8230;. In short, the debate about what it means to be a truly democratic society remains an ongoing, unfinished, story.&#8221; &#8211;Steven Mintz<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HD65Ga2mNjI?si=d-dw5DEdY4fJIzwp\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gilderlehrman.org\/history-resources\/essays\/winning-vote-history-voting-rights\"><strong>Winning the Vote: A History of Voting Rights by Steven Mintz<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Voting Rights on the Eve of the Revolution<\/li>\n<li>The Impact of the Revolution<\/li>\n<li>The Constitution and Voting Rights<\/li>\n<li>Political Democratization<\/li>\n<li>The Dorr War<\/li>\n<li>The Civil War and Reconstruction<\/li>\n<li>The Mississippi Plan<\/li>\n<li>The Late Nineteenth Century<\/li>\n<li>Women\u2019s Suffrage<\/li>\n<li>Declining Participation in Elections<\/li>\n<li>Voting Rights for African Americans<\/li>\n<li>Reducing the Voting Age<\/li>\n<li>An Unfinished History<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Image Gateway<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_1709\" style=\"width: 639px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211pinsker\/files\/2016\/11\/Bingham-County-Election.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1709\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1709\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211pinsker\/files\/2016\/11\/Bingham-County-Election-1024x739.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"629\" height=\"454\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211pinsker\/files\/2016\/11\/Bingham-County-Election-1024x739.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211pinsker\/files\/2016\/11\/Bingham-County-Election-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211pinsker\/files\/2016\/11\/Bingham-County-Election-768x554.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211pinsker\/files\/2016\/11\/Bingham-County-Election.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 629px) 100vw, 629px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1709\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">George Caleb Bingham, &#8220;County Election&#8221; (1852) &#8211;Courtesy of St. Louis Museum of Art<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Close Reading Exercise<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211pinsker\/files\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-12-at-8.47.26-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2076\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211pinsker\/files\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-12-at-8.47.26-AM-1024x764.png\" alt=\"Lincoln 1858\" width=\"629\" height=\"469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211pinsker\/files\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-12-at-8.47.26-AM-1024x764.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211pinsker\/files\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-12-at-8.47.26-AM-300x224.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211pinsker\/files\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-12-at-8.47.26-AM-768x573.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211pinsker\/files\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-12-at-8.47.26-AM-1536x1146.png 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211pinsker\/files\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-12-at-8.47.26-AM-2048x1528.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 629px) 100vw, 629px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Timeline<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2079\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211pinsker\/files\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-12-at-8.50.25-AM-1024x763.png\" alt=\"Woman's Suffrage\" width=\"640\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211pinsker\/files\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-12-at-8.50.25-AM-1024x763.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211pinsker\/files\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-12-at-8.50.25-AM-300x224.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211pinsker\/files\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-12-at-8.50.25-AM-768x572.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211pinsker\/files\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-12-at-8.50.25-AM-1536x1144.png 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211pinsker\/files\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-12-at-8.50.25-AM-2048x1526.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211pinsker\/files\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-24-at-8.54.15-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2285\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211pinsker\/files\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-24-at-8.54.15-AM-1024x781.png\" alt=\"Lewis\" width=\"640\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211pinsker\/files\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-24-at-8.54.15-AM-1024x781.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211pinsker\/files\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-24-at-8.54.15-AM-300x229.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211pinsker\/files\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-24-at-8.54.15-AM-768x586.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211pinsker\/files\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-24-at-8.54.15-AM.png 1324w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211pinsker\/files\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-24-at-8.54.24-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2286\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211pinsker\/files\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-24-at-8.54.24-AM-1024x763.png\" alt=\"2020\" width=\"640\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211pinsker\/files\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-24-at-8.54.24-AM-1024x763.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211pinsker\/files\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-24-at-8.54.24-AM-300x224.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211pinsker\/files\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-24-at-8.54.24-AM-768x573.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211pinsker\/files\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-24-at-8.54.24-AM.png 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Glossary<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Suffrage &#8211;right to vote<\/li>\n<li>Voting age population &#8211;Everyone 18 or older<\/li>\n<li>Voting eligible population &#8211;Citizens 18 or older with no state-regulated voting restrictions (such as felony convictions or mental incapacities)<\/li>\n<li>Registered voters &#8211;Eligible voters who have complied with state voter enrollment rules\n<ul>\n<li>Voter registration began in states during the 19th-century and became nearly universal in 20th<\/li>\n<li>1965 federal Voting Rights Act prohibited racial discrimination in the state voting process<\/li>\n<li>1993 federal &#8220;motor voter&#8221; law made it easier to register when receiving a state driver&#8217;s license<\/li>\n<li>2002 federal &#8220;Help America Vote Act&#8221; (HAVA) encouraged reforms in election administration<\/li>\n<li>North Dakota is the only current state that does not require voter registration<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Voter turnout &#8211;percentage of registered voters who participate in an election<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211pinsker\/files\/2024\/01\/Iowa-stats.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2417\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211pinsker\/files\/2024\/01\/Iowa-stats.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"828\" height=\"812\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211pinsker\/files\/2024\/01\/Iowa-stats.jpeg 828w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211pinsker\/files\/2024\/01\/Iowa-stats-300x294.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211pinsker\/files\/2024\/01\/Iowa-stats-768x753.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 828px) 100vw, 828px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Why do voting rights matter? Thesis Framework &#8220;The history of voting rights is not yet over. Even today, debate continues&#8230;. History reminds us that even issues that seem settled sometimes reopen as subjects for debate&#8230;. In short, the debate about what it means to be a truly democratic society remains an ongoing, unfinished, story.&#8221; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":373,"featured_media":0,"parent":23,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-2072","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211pinsker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211pinsker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211pinsker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211pinsker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/373"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211pinsker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2072"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211pinsker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2072\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211pinsker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211pinsker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}