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Voter Qualifications Terms in this set (21)citizenship, residence, age what are the three qualifications for voting? aliens are foreign born residents that have not become citizens and are not allowed to vote in the US. the constitution does not say anything about allowing aliens to vote. states may choose to let them vote or not. Citizenship in order to vote you must be a legal resident of the state in which you vote. Residence 1. to keep a political machine from bribing outsiders to affect the outcome of local elections. what are the two reasons that states adopt residency requirements? congress banned any residency requirement of longer than 30 days for voting in presidential elections. how did the voting rights act affect residency? the voting rights act amendment of 1970 and dunn v blumstein residency requirments were affected by what law and what court decision? the court found that Tennesse's residency requirement was unconstitutional because it violated the rights of new residents. the court found that it was in conflict with the 14th amendment's equal protection clause. how did the dunn v blumstein decision affect residency? person living or staying in a state for a short period of time. transient no, most states prohibit transients from voting. these can include salesmen, college students, military people who are ina state only temporarily. are transients allowed to vote? the 26th amendement prohibits states from denying voting to anyone 18 year of age or older on account of age. age literacy, tax payment, registration. registration is the only other requirement that has survived. other qualifications registration a procedure of voter identification intended to prevent fraudulent voting. provides election officials with a list of qualified voters. purging the process of reviewing lists of registered voters and removing the names of those no longer eligible to vote poll books list of all registered voters in each precinct some people argue that is should be done away with because it is a barrier for the poor and less-educated to vote. other people argue that registration is good because it protects against fraud. why is the registration requirment controversial? directs every state to Motor Voter Law literacy the ability to read and write it was used to discriminate against certain groups and to discourage certain voters from voting. it was used unfairly by many states for many years to discriminate against certain groups. how did the literacy qualification affect some voters? in 1970 by congress in the Voting Rights Act Amendments. when was literacy eliminated as a qualification and how? poll tax tax required before a person can vote mentally incompetent, convicted of a serious crime, dishonerably discharged from armed forces. what people are denied the vote? Students also viewedAmerican Government Chapter 6 Section 2 (Voter Qua…16 terms KillerQueen1010 Government Chapter 6 Section 217 terms Alexandra__5 Government Chapter 6 Assessment12 terms Danceram1 Sets found in the same folderCH 6 Sect.314 terms anile94 CH 6 Sect.120 terms anile94 CH 6 Sect.420 terms anile94 Government Final Review87 terms
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