Showing posts with label voting rights. Show all posts
Showing posts with label voting rights. Show all posts

Friday, May 15, 2026

Sunday, September 17, 2023

History of voting in the USA

From the Tucson Sentinel.  Fascinating and instructive.  For example, I was surprised to learn that only property owners had the vote in the early years of the republic.  The founding fathers were happy enough to break their links with the monarchy, but didn't want to let hoi polloi have a say.  How ironic!

Note how over the last couple of decades, the Right has systematically reduced voting rights.  Surprise.

Read the full article here.