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Alabama

Voting Rights History

 * 1819: Universal white male suffrage
 * 1870: The 15th Amendment is passed and prohibits restricting suffrage based on race
 * (only for Southern states)YEAR: Jim Crow Laws passed to revoke African-Americans right to vote
 * 1920: Women are given the right to vote
 * 1965: The Voting Rights Act passes; African-Americans are given back the right to vote

What Voting records contain
Voting records often contain: Name Birth place Residence Years living in city, county, state Whether naturalized, date, court For more information about how Voter Records can help your genealogical research see United States Voting Records.