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YarnAddict

(1,850 posts)

14. No, not ever

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Original post)

Sat Oct 4, 2014, 06:28 PM

Oct 2014

There have been various restrictions placed on the right to vote ever since 1776. Only landowners. Only men. Only white men. Only those who could pay the poll tax. Only those who could pass the literacy test. Since 1972, only those over the age of 18 can vote. Resident non-citizens can't vote.

So, no, we never stood for the right of "everyone" to vote.

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We live in America. Wasn't there a time when we stood for the right of everyone to vote? [View all] CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2014 OP

The right of all temporary311 Oct 2014 #1

There was a time when only white male landowners could vote. Sopkoviak Oct 2014 #2

Well, now, there was the 15th amendment, 1870. And then there was the valerief Oct 2014 #3

I don't know, I grew up in the Land of Confusion. Rex Oct 2014 #4

Not really Mister Nightowl Oct 2014 #5

Nope. whistler162 Oct 2014 #6

We can wake up Andy823 Oct 2014 #7

I've been surprised by the relatively mild reaction to all of this... First Speaker Oct 2014 #8

What's surprising about it? toddwv Oct 2014 #15

I hear you Peg. cwydro Oct 2014 #9

Thank you, my dear cwydro... CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2014 #10

Scary Peg. cwydro Oct 2014 #16

There was a time when we did a lot of things that were right. Atman Oct 2014 #11

We did do a lot of things right. CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2014 #13

Depends on what you mean by "we," dear Peggy. malthaussen Oct 2014 #12

No, not ever YarnAddict Oct 2014 #14