Important Voting Legislation/Judicial Decisions
This act prohibited racial discrimination in voting
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
These are the two predominant political parties on the ballot
What is the Democratic and Republican Party?
What form of ID is required to vote in the state of Georgia?
What is a state-issued photo ID?
This set of laws aimed to restrict the voter rights of African Americans primarily in the South
What are Jim Crow Laws?
The 2024 Presidential Election is on what day?
What is November 5th?
This amendment gave women the right to vote.
What is the 19th Amendment?
According to some, this party tends to be in favor of conservative values, looser gun control, stricter borders, free market principles, and individual responsibility
What is the Republican Party?
This is how a vote is cast when someone is unable or unwilling to attend the official polling station
What is an absentee ballot?
This type of Voter Suppression required voters to answer questions to read and comprehend passages
What is a Literacy Test?
What is the leading cause of death for minors in the United States?
What is Gun Violence?
This amendment eliminated poll taxes, specifically the tax that kept African Americans from voting in federal elections in some states
What is the 24th Amendment?
According to some, this party tends to be in favor of equity, abortion rights, stricter gun control, healthcare, and social programs
What is the Democratic Party?
The earliest you can request an absentee ballot in Georgia.
What is 11 weeks before election day?
What is the tactic where politicians redraw districts to favor them in elections?
What is gerrymandering?
This case was recently overturned and resulted in abortion rights not being protected at the federal level.
What is Roe v. Wade?
This amendment was ratified in 1971 and lowered the voting age for all elections to 18
What is the 26th Amendment?
This candidate helped pass bills such as the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 stimulus package and the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022
Who is Kamala Harris?
This is the earliest you can register to vote in Georgia
What is 17 ½ Years Old?
The Election Integrity Act of 2021 prohibits anyone from giving out ___ or ____ to voters within 150 feet of the polling place or 25 feet of any voter standing in line
What is Food or Drink?
This person is the first black woman appointed to the Supreme Court.
Who is Ketanji Brown?
This amendment gave African American men the right to vote
What is the 15th Amendment?
This candidate helped pass the First Step Act into law, a bipartisan criminal justice reform bill
Who is Donald Trump
What is the time slot available for citizens to vote on election days?
What is 7am-7pm?
This County has the highest amount of voter suppression in the State of Georgia, measured by the total number of delayed voter registration applications yearly.
What is Fulton County?
This city recently decriminalized the possession of marijuana amounts that are less than one ounce to a citation and a $35 fine.
What is Athens, Georgia? *ONLY off campus*