Voting Rights Quiz 3

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The 19th Amendment, enfranchising women to vote nationwide, was adopted in:

1835

1882

1920

1929

Native Americans receive U.S. citizenship and voting rights pursuant to the Indian Citizenship Act in:

1886

1909

1924

1946

For much of the nation’s history, states generally restricted voting to people age 21 and older.

But during the 1960s, the movement to lower the voting age gained steam with the rise of student activism and the war in Vietnam, which was fought largely by young, 18-and-over draftees.

In 1971 the newly adopted 26th amendment prohibited states and the federal government from using age as a reason to deny the vote to anyone 18 years of age and over.

(a) and (b)

In what year did Congress add new provisions to the Voting Rights Act to require jurisdictions with significant numbers of voters who have limited or no proficiency in English (i) to provide voting materials in other languages and (ii) to provide multilingual assistance at the polls.

1975

1981

2012

In 1993, responding to historically low rates of voter registration, Congress passed the National Voter Registration Act.

The law requires states to allow citizens to register to vote when they applied for their drivers’ licenses.

The law also requires states to offer mail-in registration and to allow people to register to vote at offices offering public assistance.

In the first year of its implementation, more than 30 million people completed their voter registration applications or updated their registration through means made available because of the law.

All of the above.

In 2002, Congress passed the Help America Vote Act in 2002 with the goal of streamlining election procedures across the nation.

The law placed new mandates on states and localities to replace outdated voting equipment, create statewide voter registration lists, and provide provisional ballots to ensure that eligible voters are not turned away if their names are not on the roll of registered voters.

The law also was designed to make it easier for people with disabilities to cast private, independent ballots.

(a) and (b)

2016: After President Trump was elected despite losing the popular vote, he and his supporters made claims that large numbers of people voted illegally.

A Washington Post analysis was able to find only four documented cases of voter fraud in the 2016 election out of 135 million ballots cast.

The unfounded narrative about fraud ultimately resulted in President Trump convening the Presidential Commission on Election Integrity, which disbanded in January 2018 without presenting any evidence or findings.

Continued false claims of rampant voter fraud have added fuel to the fire and prompted even bolder efforts to suppress the vote.

All of the above.