In a poll conducted under paragraph (a) of this section, no person shall be compelled to disclose his or her race, colour, national origin, affiliation with or manner in which he or she voted (or the reasons for voting), and no penalty may be imposed for failing or refusing to make such disclosures. Any person questioned orally, by written survey or questionnaire or otherwise about such information shall be fully informed of his or her right not to provide or refuse such information. (1) To ensure that the right to vote of citizens of the United States is not denied or restricted on the basis of race or color, no citizen shall be denied the right to vote in federal, state, or local elections for failing to comply with a test or device in a state in which decisions were made under the first two sentences of paragraph (b). political subdivision of such a State (since such subdivision existed at the time such decisions were taken in respect of that State), although such decisions were not taken in respect of that subdivision as a separate entity or in a political subdivision for which such decisions were taken as a separate entity, unless the United States District Court for the District of Columbia renders a declaratory judgment under this section. No citizen shall be denied the right to vote in federal, state or local elections because he or she has failed to pass a test or device in a State for which the decisions referred to in subsection (b) sentence 3 of this Article were made, or in a political subdivision of that State (since such subdivision existed on the date on which such decisions were made in respect of that State). State). although such decisions have not been made with respect to that subdivision as a separate entity or in a political subdivision in respect of which such decisions were made as a separate entity, unless the United States District Court for the District of Columbia makes a declaratory judgment under this section. A declaratory judgment rendered under this section shall be rendered only if the court finds that, during the ten years preceding the filing of the action and while pending such an action: “If the Attorney General considers that he has no reason to believe that such a test or apparatus may be used during the seventeen years preceding the filing of an action under the first sentence of this subsection for the purposes of, or with the refusal or restriction, he accepts the registration of such a judgment. In some states, people considered mentally incompetent are not allowed to vote. [103] Voting rights expert Michelle Bishop said, “We are the last demographic in the United States where we can be disenfranchised because of who we are.” [104] In almost all states, you can register before you turn 18 if you turn 18 on Election Day. Women were denied the right to vote until 1920, when the Nineteenth Amendment was ratified. Previously, women could only vote in certain states.
In 1999, the New York State Attorney General conducted a review of the state`s polling stations to determine whether they were accessible to voters with disabilities and found numerous problems. A study of three counties in New York State found that less than 10 percent of polling places are fully compliant with state and federal laws. [127] Under the conservatory process, people can lose their right to vote. [105] In California, SB 589 was passed in 2015, creating the presumption that people under conservatory can vote. [106] One of the most important rights of U.S. citizens is the right to vote – the right to vote.
