Voting History
This civil rights leader delivered the 'I Have a Dream' speech and advocated for voting rights.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
This amendment lowered the voting age in federal, state, and local elections to 18.
What is the 26th Amendment?
This process confirms that you are eligible to vote in an election.
What is voter registration?
This organization's motto is "Take up space".
What is Black Student Association?
This elected official leads the executive branch of the federal government.
Who is the President of the United States?
This 1965 federal law prohibited racial discrimination in voting.
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
This federal law prohibits denying the right to vote to citizens aged 18 or older because they failed to pay a poll tax or other tax in federal elections.
What is the 24th Amendment? (It abolished poll taxes in federal elections.)
This election usually determines the final winner between candidates from different parties.
What is a general election?
What was the first integrated dorm at OSU?
What is Baker Hall?
This legislative body has two chambers: the House of Representatives and the Senate.
What is the U.S. Congress?
This amendment, ratified in 1870, prohibited denying the right to vote based on race, color, or previous enslavement.
What is the 15th Amendment?
This federal law protects eligible voters with disabilities and provides accessibility requirements for voting.
What is the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)?
This type of election allows voters to help choose a party's candidate for the general election.
What is a primary election?
What was the first black greek letter organization founded at OSU?
What is Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity incorporated?
These elected officials generally make laws for a city or town alongside other local governing bodies.
Who are city council members?
This 1965 march from Selma to Montgomery helped build support for federal voting rights protections.
What is the Selma to Montgomery march?
If a poll worker cannot find your name on the voter list, this type of ballot may allow you to vote while your eligibility is checked.
What is a provisional ballot?
This ballot option allows eligible voters to cast their vote before Election Day, where available.
What is early voting?
When was the Hale Black Cultural Center open?
When is 1989?
These officials typically oversee public schools at the local level, depending on the school district's governance structure.
Who are school board members?
This voting rights activist became known for challenging racial discrimination in voter registration in Mississippi.
Who is Fannie Lou Hamer?
This 1964 constitutional amendment prohibited poll taxes in federal elections; this Supreme Court case later extended that principle to state elections.
What is Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections (1966)?
This nonpartisan local office is commonly responsible for administering elections and maintaining voter registration records in Ohio.
What is the county board of elections?
When was Black Girl Votes established?
When is November 30th, 2015?
This branch of government has the power to declare war?
What is the legislative branch? (congress)