Key Voting Milestones
* 1776 #DeclarationOfIndependence set goals for the future #republic
* 1789-- #Constitution grants states power to set voting rules mostly limited to property owning/tax-paying white men (~6% of Americans)
*1879--#15thAmend "guarantees" right (for men) to vote regardless of race, color, or previous condition of servitude
* 1920--19thAmend allows Women to vote
*1924--Fed law forced states to recognize Indigenous American's right to vote
#declarationofindependence #republic #constitution #15thamend #vote #july4th