Voting rights

Examples of Voting rights in the following topics:

• Voting Right

  • Common stock generally carries voting rights, while preferred stock does not; however, this will vary from company to company.
  • Common stock can also be referred to as a "voting share. " Common stock usually carries with it the right to vote on business entity matters, such as electing the board of directors, establishing corporate objectives and policy, and stock splits.
  • While having superior rights to dividends and assets over common stock, generally preferred stock does not carry voting rights.
  • Many of the voting rights of a shareholder can be exercised at annual general body meetings of companies.
  • Shareholders with the right to vote will have numerous options in how to make their voice heard with regards to voting matters should they choose to.

• Legislative Change

  • The goal of the 1957 Civil Rights Act was to ensure that all Americans could exercise their right to vote.
  • It expanded the authority of federal judges to protect voting rights.
  • With the nation paying increasing attention to Selma and voting rights, President Johnson reversed his decision to delay voting rights legislation, and on February 6, he announced he would send a proposal to Congress.
  • With the nation paying increasing attention to Selma and voting rights, President Johnson reversed announced he would send a proposal of voting rights legislation to Congress.
  • Analyze the gains and limitations of the Civil Rights Acts of 1957, 1960, and 1964, and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

• The Civil Rights Acts

  • Kennedy called for passage of the bill, which he said would "give all Americans the right to be served in facilities which are open to the public - hotels, restaurants, theaters, retail stores, and similar establishments," as well as "greater protection for the right to vote. " Emulating the Civil Rights Act of 1875, which established equal treatment in public accommodations, Kennedy's civil rights bill included provisions to ban discrimination in public accommodations.
  • The Civil Rights Act was followed by the Voting Rights Act, signed into law by President Johnson in 1965.
  • The Voting Rights Act outlawed discriminatory voting practices that had been responsible for the widespread disenfranchisement of African-Americans.
  • The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a landmark piece of national legislation in the United States that prohibits discrimination in voting.
  • Compare and contrast the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the 1965 Voting Rights Act

• The 19th Amendment

  • The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits any United States citizen to be denied the right to vote based on sex.
  • The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
  • The 19th Amendment recognized the right of American women to vote.

• African Americans

  • At the end of the war, the fifteenth amendment, ratified in 1870, banned any state from denying the right to vote to any adult male citizen based on his race.
  • While the fifteenth amendment provided legal protection for voting rights based on race, during the Jim Crow era, politicians created new institutions to suppress the vote of Black residents.
  • The African-American Civil Rights Movement encompasses social movements in the United States whose goal was to end racial segregation and discrimination against black Americans and enforce constitutional voting rights to them.
  • In 1965, the Voting Rights Act established federal oversight of election regulations, and banned voter qualifications or prerequisites that limited the right to vote on account of race or color.
  • This act removed a large institutional barrier to voting and helped to further protect voting rights.

• Enfranchisement and Its Limits

  • The issue of voting rights in the United States has been contentious throughout the country's history.
  • White men without property, almost all women, and all other people of color were denied the right to vote.
  • Expanded voting rights did not extend to women, American Indians, or free African Americans in the North or South.
  • Indeed, race replaced property qualifications as the criterion for voting rights.
  • New Jersey explicitly restricted the right to vote to white men only.

• Latinos

  • On average, Latino citizens continue to vote at significantly lower rates than non-Latino white voters.
  • Others examine the question of the rationality of voting: does voting serve the self-interest of any given individual, and what are the interests or issues that might change someone's voting patterns?
  • As such, people may live for many years in the US without being able to vote.
  • These groups are advocating for resources, supports and rights.
  • One important institutional change aimed at lowering the cost for Latino voter participation is the Language Minority Provision of the Voting Rights Act, first introduced in 1975, and then amended in 1992 and 2006.

• Women vs. Men

  • In 1920, the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution gave women the right to vote and, today, women vote at similar rates to men.
  • For a large part of the history of the United States, women were denied their right to vote.
  • Ratified in 1920, this amendment prohibited any citizen from being denied the right to vote based on their sex.
  • This includes the suffrage movement that saw women organizing and campaigning to win women the right to vote.
  • Women across the US organized for decades to gain the right to vote for women.

• Attempts to Improve Voter Turnout

  • Voting may be seen as a civic right rather than a civic duty.
  • While citizens may exercise their civil rights, they are not compelled to.
  • Furthermore, compulsory voting may infringe on other rights.
  • Voting may be seen as a civic right rather than a civic duty.
  • Furthermore, compulsory voting may infringe on other rights.

• Additional Factors: Gender, Age, Religion, Race, and Ethnicity

  • Certain factors like age, gender, race, and religion help describe why people vote and who is more likely to vote.
  • This rise in youth vote is partly a result of voter registration and mobilization efforts by groups like Rock the Vote.
  • Discriminatory practices kept the turnout rate of African-Americans low until after the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
  • Eventually, civil rights protests and litigation eliminated many barriers to voting.
  • About 15% of the electorate in the United States supports the Christian right.