12 Days Remaining In 1986, Congress enacted the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, more commonly referred to as UOCAVA. This act provides the legal basis for absentee voting for overseas citizens. What this means is that the right to vote is not suspended when citizens make the sacrifice to serve in the armed […]
13 Days Remaining The 26th Amendment was passed on July 1st of 1971. It reads as such: “Section 1: The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age.” […]
14 Days Remaining Our other countdown posts have tried to productively emphasize how the experiment of democracy in America has coincided with oppression, injustice, and exclusivity. As old as the United States itself is the idea of allowing the vote to some, but not all, people in the country. It is important to note that […]