5.02: - Voter Registration and Turnout (part 1)

What is required before most voters are allowed to cast a ballot?

• Registering to vote

• Showing a birth certificate

• Paying a fee

• Passing a literacy test

Which amendment ended poll taxes?

• Fifteenth Amendment

• Twenty-Sixth Amendment

• Nineteenth Amendment

• Twenty-Fourth Amendment

What did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 prohibit?

• Online voter registration

• State laws denying voting rights based on race

• Automatic voter registration

• Same-day voter registration

What is the most common additional requirement for voters besides being a citizen, resident, and eighteen years old?

• Having a job

• Paying taxes

• Being mentally competent

• Owning property

What was the effect of the Voting Rights Act in Mississippi by the fall of 1967?

• Poll taxes were reinstated

• Only 6.7% of blacks were registered to vote

• Nearly 60% of blacks were registered to vote

• Voter turnout decreased

What is a common requirement for same-day voter registration?

• Proof of residency

• Paying a fee

• Passing a test

• Owning property