Mid-Term Elections 2014
Today, November 4, 2014 is mid-term elections voting day. Make your voice heard by participating in this election.
History of Voting Rights Act
1867- 1866 Civil Rights Act of 1866 grants citizenship, but not the right to vote, to all native-born Americans.
1869- Congress passes the Fifteenth Amendment giving African American men the right to vote.
1940- Only 3% of eligible African Americans in the South are registered to vote.
Jim Crow laws like literacy tests and poll taxes were meant to keep African Americans from voting.
1965- President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act into law, permanently barring barriers to political participation by racial and ethnic minorities, prohibiting any election practice that denies the right to vote on account of race, and requiring jurisdictions with a history of discrimination in voting to get federal approval for changes in their election laws before they can take effect.
1982- President Ronald Reagan signed a 25-year extension of the Voting Rights Act.
2011- A record number of restrictions to voting were introduced in state
legislatures nationwide, including photo ID requirements, cuts to early
voting and restrictions to voter registration. Many of these states have
histories of voter discrimination and are covered under the VRA.
Don't Make An Excuse! Vote today. Our ancestors fought for us to make our voices heard through freedom of speech. Don't let their years of fight and struggle go in vain. They are counting on you!
To my Friends and Family: please take a selfie of you voting or with your "I Voted" sticker and tag me on Facebook at:https://www.facebook.com/keia.brown or on Twitter @MissDCIntl2015!
To find your voting place, please visit: http://www.vote411.org/
If you experience any problems during voting day, call: 1-866-OUR-VOTE
Voting is a civic sacrament - the highest responsibility we have as Americans.- Christine Pelosi
Keia Brown
Miss District of Columbia International 2015
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