POLS 2312 1st Edition Lecture 12 Outline of Last Lecture I. campaignsII. minoritiesOutline of Current Lecture I. amendment about votingII. obstacles to votingIII. primariesCurrent Lecture- 14 and 15 amendment to constitution gave everyone the right to vote. - 14: due process, equal protection under law- 15: all males can vote. Now black males can legally vote- 19: gave suffrage to woman- Many Jim crow laws were obstacles that prevented minorities from voting.- Examples: literacy test, grandfather clause, poll tax, all white primaries, racial gerrymandering. - 1877-radical reconstruction ended.- Soon after, white supremacist democrats made up the KKK. Many were public officials. - All white primaries were declared unconstitutional in 1944.- Poll tax abolished in 1964.- Gerrymandering: drawing dividing lines to dilute minority votes so they basically do not count. - 24 amendment: prohibited poll tax- 26 amendment: voting age 18- Low voter turnout b/c: lower percentage of eligible voters, apathy and ignorance, don’t think vote matters, leave it to others, voter fatigue, and turned off by negative campaigns- Some people vote because: peer pressure, self-interest, sense of duty.- People who are older and have more education vote more.These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.- Qualifications for voting: 18 years old, citizen, not a convicted felon. (in TX, voting can berevoked to felons if parole, etc. is served. )- Primaries: select nominees for public offices. - Closed primaries must declare party affiliation. Open does
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