{"id":516,"date":"2012-11-02T19:26:00","date_gmt":"2012-11-02T19:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/02\/get-out-the-vote-2\/"},"modified":"2012-11-02T19:26:00","modified_gmt":"2012-11-02T19:26:00","slug":"get-out-the-vote-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/get-out-the-vote-2.html","title":{"rendered":"Get Out The Vote"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nSince 1845 Election Day has been set as the first Tuesday
\nafter the first Monday in November. 
\nThis is the general election for federal offices, many states hold state
\nand local elections on different dates.<\/div>\n
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\nIn 1790 when the constitution was written only white male
\nadults who were property owners were allowed to vote, although this was a very
\nsmall percent of the population. <\/div>\n
\nBeginning in the early 1800\u2019s states began to drop the
\nproperty ownership requirement and by 1850 nearly all adult white males could
\nvote.<\/div>\n
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\nIn 1870 the XV amendment was passed giving former slaves the
\nright to vote, protecting the voting rights of every male adult.  \u201cThe right of citizens of the Untied States
\nto vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on
\naccount of race, color, or previous servitude.\u201d<\/div>\n
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<\/a>In 1920 the XIX amendment granted women to right to
\nvote.  \u201cThe right of citizens of the
\nUnited States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or
\nby any state on account of sex.\u201d  There
\nis a very interesting article written by Jason Shaprio in El Palacio magazine
\n(Fall 2012) which states that while New Mexico became a state in 1912 New
\nMexican women were not granted the vote until 1920.  Surprisingly, NM was the last western state to grant women\u2019s
\nsuffrage.  According to Shapiro, \u201cthe
\nstates of Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Idaho, Washington, California, Kansas,
\nOregon, Nevada and Oklahoma all granted women the right to vote prior to the
\npassing of the 19th<\/sup> amendment.<\/p>\n

In 1924 the Indian Citizenship Act granted all native Americans the rights of citizenship, including the right to vote in federal elections.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\nThis textile bag was used to store paper ballots in a 1960 election.<\/p>\n

\nIn 1961 the XXIII amendment allowed voters in the District
\nof Columbia to vote in presidential elections.
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In 1971 the XXVI amendment set the minimum voting age at 18.
\n\u201cThe rights of citizens of the United States, who are 18 years, or older, to
\nvote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on
\naccount of age.\u201d (In the 1972 election, 12,214,601 voters from age 18-24)<\/p><\/div>\n

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\nTextiles have been an expression of political thought since
\nthe beginning of political influence. 
\nThe recent biennial symposium of the Textile Society of America was
\nentitled \u201cTextiles and Politics\u201d (See my blog , Sept. 28, 2012)   Not, I suppose, that early cave men wore campaign buttons but
\ncertainly when the ancient civilizations were formed there were visible forms
\nof support for the government, but probably not visible forms of
\nopposition.  In the modern political
\narena there are many \u201cpolitical\u201d textiles, including banners, flags, quilts and
\nbandannas.  Just because women weren\u2019t
\nable to vote, didn\u2019t mean they were not interested in the political situation
\nof the time and many examples of such quilt textiles with names such as Whigs\u2019
\nRose or Garfield\u2019s Monument, many named after first Ladies. <\/div>\n
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\nThis political campaign bandanna from the 1892 election features the images of the Democratic candidates Grover Cleveland and Adlai E. Stevenson<\/div>\n
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\n It is not uncommon
\nfor foreign countries to produce textile art in support of US political
\nfigures.<\/div>\n
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\nThis is not an endorsement! 
\nI found this textile in the collection of the National Museum of Natural
\nHistory Support Center. (See my blog, Oct. 4, 2012)  It was a gift from the People of Kenya.<\/div>\n
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Regardless of your affiliations, please exercise your right
\nto vote.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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