Another way the state governments in the South acted against blacks was by refusing to give them the right to vote.

VOA: special.2010.01.21

He said women must have the right to vote in elections, and be permitted to hold political office.

VOA: special.2009.05.24

Seventy-two years later the nineteenth amendment to the United States Constitution gave women the right to vote.

VOA: special.2009.03.13

One way radical Republicans gained support was by helping give blacks the right to vote.

VOA: special.2010.02.04

They marched to demand better pay, shorter work hours and the right to vote.

VOA: special.2010.03.08

The group Freedom House notes that in Kuwait,women have won the right to vote.

VOA: special.2009.03.07

Cassatt also worked hard to support women's right to vote in the United States.

VOA: special.2009.07.12

That movement had helped women gain the right to vote in the nineteen twenties.

VOA: special.2009.10.18

The day marked the fiftieth anniversary of American women gaining the right to vote.

VOA: special.2009.10.18

That was ten years after American women gained a constitutional right to vote.

VOA: special.2009.08.24

It had not given them the right to vote for freedom.

VOA: special.2009.05.21

Women were not guaranteed the right to vote until nineteen twenty.

VOA: special.2010.04.16

Civil rights groups say more than five million people are denied the right to vote in the United States because of past felony convictions.

VOA: standard.2010.03.25

"The right to vote should be restored carefully on a case by case basis after the person has shown that he or she has taken a new direction in his or her life."

VOA: standard.2010.03.25

He wants his right to vote back. "Whatever rights that a normal citizen should have, I believe I should have it as well, since I've served my time and I'm back in society as a paying taxpayer, a community activist,or a person."

VOA: standard.2010.03.25

It gave her an international platform to talk about some of those things. She actively worked for the right of women to vote in federal elections.

VOA: special.2010.03.08

Those who decide to run will be permitted. But he says anyone who tries to make trouble during the campaign will be publicly condemned because no one has the right to block the vote.

VOA: standard.2009.08.25

"I want some courage. I want us to do the right thing, Ohio,and with your help we are going to make it happen!" Democrats need every vote to pass Mr.Obama's top domestic priority, and the president did win over one liberal holdout.

VOA: standard.2010.03.18