The Amendments that expanded suffrage were the Fifteenth, Nineteenth, Twenty Third, Twenty Fourth, and finally the Twenty Sixth. The Fifteenth amendment allowed all males the right to vote, whether you didn't own property, or if you were colored, all males could vote. The Nineteenth Amendment allowed all women and men the right to vote. The Twenty Third amendment gave residents of the District of Columbia to vote, our nations capitol. The Twenty Fourth amendment outlawed poll taxes, a tactic used to remove the right of voting from poor people. Finally, the Twenty Sixth amendment allowed everyone over the age of 18 the right to vote.
The 15th amendment gave black men the right to vote and the 19th amendment allowed women to vote. Then on the 26th amendment, voting rights were extended to people aged 18 and older. I believe that we shouldn't let more people vote because it is not making a difference in the voting turnout. The minorities (colored, young adults, women) still have a low voting turnout even with the privilege to vote. The majority of voters are white, educated and older men. But we shouldn't reverse the suffrage either because we can't rely completely on the decisions from one group of people. And it wouldn't make sense because the United States was created so that every person had a voice, had "freedom", and to have choices. So reversing suffrage wouldn't represent the public's voice completely
I agree with the amendments Laura said expanded suffrage and I also agree with Laura's reasoning for not continuing to let more people vote. On the chart on page 316 of the Edward's textbook it is shown that even when people are given the right to vote the voter turnout rate for those people are low. If the people finally got the right to vote and did not use it why should the government let more people vote who statistically will not have a high voter turnout rate? The government should keep the voting requirements as is and influence that low voter turnout categories of people to vote more.
The Amendments that expanded suffrage were the Fifteenth, Nineteenth, Twenty Third, Twenty Fourth, and finally the Twenty Sixth. The Fifteenth amendment allowed all males the right to vote, whether you didn't own property, or if you were colored, all males could vote. The Nineteenth Amendment allowed all women and men the right to vote. The Twenty Third amendment gave residents of the District of Columbia to vote, our nations capitol. The Twenty Fourth amendment outlawed poll taxes, a tactic used to remove the right of voting from poor people. Finally, the Twenty Sixth amendment allowed everyone over the age of 18 the right to vote.
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ReplyDeleteThe 15th amendment gave black men the right to vote and the 19th amendment allowed women to vote. Then on the 26th amendment, voting rights were extended to people aged 18 and older. I believe that we shouldn't let more people vote because it is not making a difference in the voting turnout. The minorities (colored, young adults, women) still have a low voting turnout even with the privilege to vote. The majority of voters are white, educated and older men. But we shouldn't reverse the suffrage either because we can't rely completely on the decisions from one group of people. And it wouldn't make sense because the United States was created so that every person had a voice, had "freedom", and to have choices. So reversing suffrage wouldn't represent the public's voice completely
ReplyDeleteI agree with the amendments Laura said expanded suffrage and I also agree with Laura's reasoning for not continuing to let more people vote. On the chart on page 316 of the Edward's textbook it is shown that even when people are given the right to vote the voter turnout rate for those people are low. If the people finally got the right to vote and did not use it why should the government let more people vote who statistically will not have a high voter turnout rate? The government should keep the voting requirements as is and influence that low voter turnout categories of people to vote more.
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