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Episode 32 of the Politics with Paul Podcast — Voting Policy Reforms Part 2: Voting Access — is now available.
- YouTube: https://youtu.be/V-yT9WMKUf8
- Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6bXdXyQnX24D8ByeeCpUqM
- Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/politics-with-paul-32-us-voting-policy-reforms-part-2/id1755201463?i=1000700755558
Description
Reforms to voting in US elections include monumental changes in access to voting. Much of this includes the expansion of voting rights (suffrage), removing restrictions to voting based on property ownership, race, gender, and age. Yet there are other major modifications to voting access that include the times we can vote and the candidate nomination process. Today’s episode covers all these topics, including some developments in voting rights expansion that you may not have heard of, the development of primaries, and the emergence of early and absentee voting.
Timestamps
0:00 Introduction to Voting Policy Reforms
1:09 Changes to Methods of Voting
6:42 Development of Primaries
13:26 Expanding Voting Rights: A Chronology
15:12 Expanding Voting Rights: Removing Property Qualifications
18:27 Expanding Voting Rights: The 15th and 19th Amendments
24:03 Expanding Voting Rights: More Racial Minorities Gaining Suffrage
27:16 Expanding Voting Rights: The 1960s and 1970s
31:07 Changes to Accessibility of Voting
32:58 Final Thoughts and Closing