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  2. Non-citizen suffrage in the United States - Wikipedia

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    While initial research showed that 22 states or territories, including colonies before the Declaration of Independence, have at some time given at least some voting rights to non-citizens in some or all elections, [14] [4] more recent and in-depth studies uncovered evidence of 40 states providing suffrage for non-citizens at some point before 1926. [3]

  3. Timeline of voting rights in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Iowa restores the voting rights of felons who completed their prison sentences. [60] Nebraska ends lifetime disenfranchisement of people with felonies but adds a five-year waiting period. [63] 2006. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was extended for the fourth time by President George W. Bush, being the second extension of 25 years. [65]

  4. Non-citizen suffrage - Wikipedia

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    In many countries, some subnational entities have granted voting rights to non-citizens. Other countries have granted voting rights to non-citizens who hold citizenship of a country which is a fellow member of a supranational organization (e.g. members of the European Union). In a few cases, countries or other governmental entities grant voting ...

  5. Voting rights in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Overseas Citizens Voting Rights Act of 1976 was the first bill to enshrine the constitutional right to vote in federal elections into law for U.S. citizens living overseas. This bill also established uniform absentee voting procedures for U.S. citizens living overseas in federal elections.

  6. Non-resident citizen voting - Wikipedia

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    Some countries (such as France) grant their expatriate citizens unlimited voting rights, identical to those of citizens living in their home country. [2] Other countries allow expatriate citizens to vote only for a certain number of years after leaving the country, after which they are no longer eligible to vote (e.g. 25 years for Germany, except if you can show that you are still affected by ...

  7. Voter suppression in the United States - Wikipedia

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    After the American Civil War, all African-American men were granted voting rights, but poll taxes or language tests were used to limit and suppress the ability to register or cast a ballot. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 improved voting access.

  8. Voting Rights Act of 1965 - Wikipedia

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    The acts criminalized the obstruction of a citizen's voting rights and provided for federal supervision of the electoral process, including voter registration. [27]: 310 However, in 1875 the Supreme Court struck down parts of the legislation as unconstitutional in United States v. Cruikshank and United States v. Reese.

  9. Category : History of voting rights in the United States

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    Native American Voting Rights Act of 2018; Native Americans and women's suffrage in the United States; William Nesbit (activist) Nixon v. Condon; Nixon v. Herndon; Non-citizen suffrage in the United States; Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District No. 1 v. Holder