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

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    Utah changes wording of their law and restores voting rights to all people who have completed their prison sentence for a felony. [62] Rhode Island restores voting rights for people serving probation or parole for felonies. [59] 2007. Florida restores voting rights for most non-violent people with felony convictions. [59] 2009

  3. United States presidential election - Wikipedia

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    In most cases simple state-wide plurality is sufficient to elect a general ticket using popular vote. But in the first presidential election in 1789, for example, some states used "open" list block voting; Maryland used block voting but had guaranteed seats for different parts of the state; Virginia elected its 12 electors by first-past-the ...

  4. Voting rights in the United States - Wikipedia

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    1869–1920: Some states allow women to vote. Wyoming was the first state to give women voting rights in 1869. 1870: The Fifteenth Amendment prevents state governments and the federal government from denying the right to vote on grounds of "race, color, or previous condition of servitude". Disfranchisement after Reconstruction era began soon after.

  5. Thomas Mundy Peterson - Wikipedia

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    The first African American to vote in the United States after the passage of the 15th Amendment Thomas Mundy Peterson (October 6, 1824 – February 4, 1904) of Perth Amboy, New Jersey , has been claimed to be the first African American to vote in an election under the just-enacted provisions of the 15th Amendment to the United States Constitution .

  6. 1788–89 United States presidential election - Wikipedia

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    Presidential elections were first held in the United States from December 15, 1788 to January 7, 1789, under the new Constitution ratified in 1788. George Washington was unanimously elected for the first of his two terms as president and John Adams became the first vice president.

  7. The first elections with voter ID in NC are done. What was ...

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    In the Nov. 7 vote, more than 511,000 people voted, which, if the primary rate of rejection holds, would result in some 200 voters denied. ... In 2005, Indiana was the first state to require a ...

  8. Elections in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Early voting is a formal process where voters can cast their ballots prior to the official Election Day. Early voting in person is allowed in 47 states and in Washington, D.C., with no excuse required. [29] Only Alabama, New Hampshire and Oregon do not allow early voting, while some counties in Idaho do not allow it. [29]

  9. Voter turnout in United States presidential elections - Wikipedia

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    The passage of the Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1870 gave African American men the right to vote. The first record of a black man voting after the amendment's adoption was when Thomas Mundy Peterson cast his vote on March 31, 1870 in Perth Amboy, New Jersey in a referendum election, adopting a revised city charter. [19]