| 单词 | vote |
| 例句 | “It says this is one Negro in Mississippi who’s not going to get to vote this year.” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Her battle with Sheriff Clark became part of the folklore of the voting rights campaign. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z The government radio report made it sound as if the violence was caused by us, the people voting. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z And I probably shouldn’t feel like I’ve been voted off some island. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z In the second stage, general elections would be held for a constituent assembly and legislature in which all political parties winning 5 percent or more of the vote would participate in the cabinet. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Besides, now that everyone could vote from home, via the OASIS, the only people who could get elected were movie stars, reality TV personalities, or radical televangelists. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Women declared elections and voted against their husbands. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “I gotta stand tall. I have a right to vote, a right, I tell you. And a responsibility.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The PAC feared democratic elections because they knew such a vote would expose their meager popular support. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z On Saturday, March 6, the day before the march, tensions in Selma escalated when a group of seventy sympathetic whites from across the state held a rally of their own to support black voting rights. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z The last time the county had voted for a Democratic presidential candidate was in 1948, when it went for Harry Truman. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Each year, she was voted Prettiest Girl in their form, and she would wryly say, “Its just because I’m a half-caste. How can I be finer than Zainab?” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Now that there were only two of us, Rain still gave me a full vote. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z The working class belonged to the AFL-CIO, voted Democratic, and did not take cruises to the Caribbean. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z “We never heard the will of the Scythedom,” Rowan reminded him, “because there was never a vote.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Now that I’m older, Dad takes me out for coffee after voting. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z But he scowled as he said it, and I realized then, certain as could be, that when asked if Negroes and whites should go to school together, he had voted yes. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z In freshman year, I was telling a bunch of my friends about how I was voted prettiest girl in school back home. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Two days later, Lincoln had made a speech proposing to give blacks the right to vote, and last night, April 13, all of Washington had celebrated with a grand illumination of the city. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z By measuring a contestant’s actual votes against the votes that would truly best serve his self-interest, it’s possible to tell if discrimination is at play. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Men could weigh in on the issue, too, and they were less supportive: Almost 70 percent of the men who voted opposed female suffrage. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z “If that day ever comes when women vote, you’ll go along to the polls with me—arm in arm—and vote the way I do.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z There were only four dissentients, the three dogs and the cat, who was afterwards discovered to have voted on both sides. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z I just think I ought to be able to vote,” her father said evenly. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Madison did need to come up with at least three votes on assumption—here Jefferson's account is accurate—and eventually four members switched their votes, all of them congressmen from districts bordering on the Potomac. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z The Council of Elders languished in prison, and new council members were elected by popular vote. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “It will be put to the vote,” said Mr. Crouch coldly. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Dr. Xuma became heated, accusing us of blackmail and laying down conditions on which we would vote for him. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Did you know that some people didn’t vote for Kennedy because he is Catholic?” Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z “Yes, but they give us each a time so that the voting is staggered...you know, not everyone coming in a bunch.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Victoria Woodhull arguing before the House Judiciary Committee that Congress should pass a declaratory act confirming women’s right to vote as a provision of the Fourteenth Amendment. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Winning the vote for settler women in the West was one thing; winning it for women in the rest of the nation was something else again. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z There would have to be a debate, and a vote. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z “As I recall, I voted to let you live at the winter solstice. I hope I voted correctly.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z They went so far as to vote against it, but the majority ruled. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z Rome would supply military forces, collect taxes, exploit resources, and have the deciding vote in any disputes. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z ‘You gave the women the vote in ’42. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The flyers were asking people to come out and vote in the December 6 election. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z This toy of voting was almost as pleasing as the conch. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z In exchange, supplicants pledged their votes, helping the Democratic aldermen who filled the city council to fend off their Republican opponents. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z With the cyclotron grant hanging by a thread, he undertook to hustle them for votes. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z On learning of this request the crowd outside the Tribune booed and hissed, correctly interpreting the move as an attempt to gain time to lobby for more votes. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z They were not allowed to vote, to sit on a jury, or to testify against a white man in court. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z When the union voted to strike, eight thousand men walked off the job. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z At the same time women were uniting in great numbers to gain the vote, a huge segment of them were facing another challenge, one that history books have often overlooked. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z They were best friends and always together, and everybody always voted for them for everything and wanted to be on their team. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Of those who did vote, only thirty-five voted in favor, well below the required two-thirds majority of sixty-four votes. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z When the local court order was appealed to a federal court, voting rights demonstrators took to the streets again. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z On the day her class voted on the attribution of each of the thirty-five paintings, Ms. Hussey was oddly quiet. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z He’d shared a link that morning to a new story he’d written about a school board voting to ban some book, so I guessed he hadn’t been fired. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Having voted, and probably bet on the winner, people are very invested in my wedding gown. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “You tried to vote him into exile,” I corrected. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Either she didn’t think he was the warrior or she wasn’t allowed to vote. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z At 3 p.m., the roll call vote began on the question of entering the war. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z He had been voted “Most Studious Student” by his graduating class at North Farmington High School, outside Detroit, which, as he puts it, meant that he was a “no-date nerd.” Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z “Put it to a vote,” White Deer said. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The women, who were held for three days, became the first suffragists to go to jail for protesting in support of women’s right to vote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The president had been reluctant to push for voting rights legislation so soon after Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Of about 612,000 women who were eligible to vote in the referendum, only about 7 percent registered and only about 4 percent voted. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z “They do whatever they think will win them votes,” said Mormont. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z One man, one vote will be the rule. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z His purpose was to help people feel cared for by the Democrats—and to vote accordingly when elections rolled around. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “Huh, I thought you voted for Eisenhower. I thought Jefferson was one of the great souls of the Democratic Party or something.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z The motion was overruled, but the House voted for a brief adjournment. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Even the logistical difficulties of the voting, misplaced ballots, pirate voting stations, and rumors of fraud in certain places could not dim the overwhelming victory for democracy and. justice. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z This African patriot had helped found the organization in 1912, and casting my vote near his grave site brought history full circle, for the mission he began eighty-two years before was about to be achieved. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The assembled creatures passed on a vote of thanks to Matthias for his resourcefulness and bravery. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z More are disenfranchised today than in 1870, the year the Fifteenth Amendment was ratified prohibiting laws that explicitly deny the right to vote on the basis of race. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Women, who held title to all the land and its produce, could vote down decisions by the male leaders of the League and demand that an issue be reconsidered. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z To strengthen the movement, Anthony considered building alliances with almost any other organization willing to embrace women’s right to vote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z But in a close vote, his Maryland colleagues rejected his reading of the document as excessively pessimistic. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z After the vote, he went home to her funeral. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Those were the words that I shouted at school the day of the election, so that people who forgot today was election day would vote for me. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z In the months leading up to Election Day, incumbent mayors routinely try to lock up the law-and-order vote by hiring more police—even when the crime rate is standing still. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z When the votes were tallied, Stanton was elected president, Anthony was elected vice president, and Stone became chair of the executive committee.Stanton accepted the position but returned to England immediately after the convention. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z “It’s not like Mr. Roosevelt needs your vote. Everybody hates Hoover because of the Depression. The newspaper says Roosevelt can’t lose.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “The people don’t know what the vote means! It is the job of the enlightened leaders to raise the people’s intellect.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z It made it sound as if the people of Haiti were not civilized enough to vote. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Even Sangamon County, where Mr. Lincoln had lived all his mature years, gave a plurality of its votes to General George B. McClellan. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z You could blame the munitions makers or Karl Marx or a trick of fate or an old man in Omaha who forgot to vote. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Yep, my mind and soul and heart had a quick meeting and voted to shut down for a few repairs. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z When the clerk asked for Wisconsin's vote, the head of the state's delegation stood up and announced two votes for Grant, two votes for Blaine...and sixteen votes for Garfield. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z By afternoon, word had spread that a group of women had registered to vote, and many people disagreed with the election officials’ actions. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z At the conference that December, we in the Youth League knew we had the votes to depose Dr. Xuma. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Tata Mwanza’s father came forward to set up the clay voting bowls in front of the altar. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The debate over assumption, which followed on the heels of the vote on funding, only intensified the sense of betrayal and made matters worse. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z There is no doubt their votes would have changed things in 2000. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The Montgomery Improvement Association voted to let Gray go ahead with the lawsuit—the “second front,” as it came to be called—and raise money to pay for it. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z Tennessee’s governor, Albert H. Roberts, was up for reelection, and he knew that supporting suffrage would cost him votes in a tight election. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The men, who get the privilege of voting, seem the least interested. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z As pacifists, many Quaker men refused to vote, as a protest against government engagement in war. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Mr. Neck: “My family has been in this country for over two hundred years. We built this place, fought in every war from the first one to the last one, paid taxes, and voted.” Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z He had voted with the antis to delay the decision, but this was a vote on the main question. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z A vote was taken in the early hours of morning by a show ofhands, and I was elected. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, according to the Soviet Constitution of 1936, also called “Stalin’s Constitution,” Soviet women had voting rights and gender equality with men. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z But the voting was all over with before he could really get a word in sideways. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Or we can vote right now to see how we stand. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z They held debates and voting parties and did all manner of campaigning. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “So basically,” Scrap says, “you won the popular vote ’cause everybody loved you in the Ring, but you still lost the election since he the one getting fame?” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z He was voted neatest junior boy last year, and Papa had hugged him so tight that Jaja thought his back had snapped. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z In the 1960s, African American leaders, including Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., made the right to vote, the most fundamental right in any democracy, their highest priority. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z “You can talk to Maddy after we vote. The last thing I need is a hard sell for their conservative candidate.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z East Germany's most skilled and talented people voted with their feet, choosing to rebuild from scratch rather than adjust to life under communism. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z After the nominations were debated, a vote was taken and the pair were elected. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Before the end of class, Ms. Steck takes the shoe box off Clay’s desk and tallies the votes. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z “If the cucos were trying to stop the vote, why didn’t they just attack the Hall of Elders?” asked Thorn, scratching her head. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z And the young scythe put forth for membership on the selection committee was voted down, because no one on that committee should be in anyone’s pocket. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z It was reintroduced dutifully every year, but the full Senate did not vote on it until 1887, when it was defeated 16 to 34, with twenty-five senators not even bothering to vote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z I countered that nothing in fact had changed; while all the students had been there, a majority of them had not voted, and it would be morally incorrect to say that we enjoyed their confidence. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Install gangsters in government without giving us a chance to vote on it?” Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z “If I was on the jury, even I would have voted to convict me,” he said. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z For several weeks it was not at all clear whether Jefferson would become the next abiding occupant, because the final tally of the electoral vote had produced a tie between him and Burr. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Still, though: The other girls in the creepily silent van voted to make me their captain. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z He wondered if she still planned to vote for Coo. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z “If there’s a vote,” I say, chomping on the sandwich, “I think I lose.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z But she said she wouldn’t vote for him because his hair was too long and he let people call him Bobby and not Robert. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z When the original owner wore it, black Americans could not vote because they were black. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “Much as I desire the suffrage,” she wrote, “I would rather never vote than to see the policy of our government at the mercy of the religious bigotry of such women.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z It was the right to vote and to sit on juries. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The Madisonian influence revealed itself in the House debate of March 23 when the committee report came up for a vote. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z For more than eight months, the Senate refused to vote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z She knew that gaining the vote would give women an important tool to bring about the entire social agenda she envisioned, since her membership and support for her cause were largely female. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The biggest barrier to voting, however, was the fear of reprisals. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z She believed that the issue of female suffrage would not be settled until a woman was arrested for voting and a test case was brought before the courts. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z “As soon as they voted in Prohibition, I went to the library and looked at a map,” he said, explaining how he’d gotten into the business. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z That evening the election was held, as the principal ordered, but only the same twenty-five voted, returning the same six SRC members. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z An extraordinary percentage of black men in the United States are legally barred from voting today, just as they have been throughout most of American history. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Seven’s parents, Thorn’s mother, and one other witch on the council voted against sending the Gran to the Tombs. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z He resigned his royal power and organized a commonwealth, building a council hall where the citizens should gather and vote. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The Argives voted unanimously to maintain the right of the suppliant. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z We seem to do this by general agreement, without voting or even polling. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Hoping they will vote for him—when they are grown up and have enough property.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “It makes no difference who we vote for—they always win anyway.” The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She could not vote for what she did not believe. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z She was not there, but in a corner sat Russell, the young man who had been campaigning around the village, begging the Eskimos to vote “No” on requests for liquor licenses by the local restaurants. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Women had been working for the right to vote since Elizabeth Cady Stanton and a group of reformers first called for female suffrage in 1848. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Thirty-five states had voted in favor of the amendment. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The impact on those major elections undoubtedly would be greater if all those deterred or prevented from voting were taken into account. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Others had been told by parole and probation officers that they could not vote, and although it was not true, they believed it, and the news spread like wildfire. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The process is so cumbersome, confusing, and onerous that many people who are theoretically eligible to vote never manage to get their voting rights back. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z It is not simply the denial of the right to vote but the shame one feels when a co-worker innocently asks, “Who you gonna vote for on Tuesday?” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z She also cited the section of the New York Constitution that pertained to voting, which said nothing about sex qualification. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z These threatening harangues managed to delay matters, but the Deep South lacked the votes. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Stanton had assumed that the American Equal Rights Association would be dedicated to winning universal suffrage—voting rights for all. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z “I just thought, you know, because so many people love her, she might be able to convince the neighborhood to vote against Wilfrido.” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z “Those other two men didn’t have to take a test to register to vote.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Shortly after this meeting, the scheduled voting took place. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Did a group of people sit around and cast their votes on initiating the Hunger Games? Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z He’s stuffed it with spreadsheets of data, voting records, projections he had Nora calculate for him. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The core of the audience he saw in his mind’s eye consisted of those adult white males who owned sufficient property to qualify for the vote. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z With the infinitive left split—The board voted to immediately approve the casino—it can only be the approval. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z At the next month’s election, the Germans voted more Nazis into office. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z The roll call vote on that question ended in a tie, 48 to 48. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z “I vote we go all out. Hide the flag well enough that they can’t find it.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Maybe people voted in other parts of the country too, but it couldn’t be the way it was in Brooklyn, thought Francie. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The winning ticket in these two states would collect a large number of votes in the Electoral College. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, if an elderly white woman doesn’t answer a single question correctly and is still not voted off, some sort of discriminatory favoritism would seem to be at play. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Today, Jarvious Cotton cannot vote because he, like many black men in the United States, has been labeled a felon and is currently on parole. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z But truth is, I don’t care that much about voting. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z At the end they voted her class president. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Two cuco attacks in two towns, during a vote involving Spares, was fishy enough on its own, but three was a conspiracy. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z “I don’t approve of women driving, mind you. And now they get to vote!” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z That act, however, did not guarantee the right to vote, a battle that was now being fought in the streets of Selma. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z But their leadership voted not to challenge Roosevelt’s order allowing the government to “exclude” people—namely, Nikkei—from “military areas”—namely, the West Coast, where most of the Nikkei lived. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Speaking at Selma's Brown Chapel on January 2, 1965, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. calls for massive voting rights demonstrations. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z On December 10, 1869, the men in Wyoming granted women there the right to vote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z To Lawrence’s gratification, the council also voted to spend up to $100,000 a year for the next two years to “stimulate” cyclotron-based research into cancer treatment around the country. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z This brought him into rare conflict with his mentor Jack Neylan, who had rammed through a vote on the Board of Regents to terminate the deal. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Susan B. Anthony casts her first vote to test whether the Fourteenth Amendment would be interpreted broadly to guarantee the right to vote. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z She used the line again in the ninth grade when I wasn’t voted onto the basketball homecoming court. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z Jefferson’s posture throughout the drawn-out counting of the electoral votes remained a combination of studied indifference and calculated obliviousness. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Molly hardly expected a big vote of confidence from Dina, but she has some doubts herself. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Only seven states had not yet voted on the issue, and most of these were in the Deep South, where the suffragists knew they didn’t stand a chance of winning. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z “They give kids shots and free breakfast, stuff like that, so that our dads will vote for them.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z I didn’t listen to the call he made to his legislative aide that day, explaining that he’d miss the crime-bill vote. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “Well, thank you for your vote of confidence. New York.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z One of the most common arguments espoused by the antisuffrage forces was that women were not emotionally strong enough to handle the responsibility of voting and were thus incapable of making sound political decisions. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Sensing the unpopularity of the pact, Washington attempted to keep its terms secret until the Senate had voted. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z In the months before the election, in her speeches and at public appearances, Susan B. Anthony had encouraged women nationwide to “seize their rights to go to the polls and vote.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The bills were repeatedly voted down for fear of interfering with the progress of science, even though other countries —including, ironically, Prussia—had enacted regulations governing human research as early as 1891. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z If a citizen, he may lose the right to vote; if not, he becomes immediately deportable. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z A poster warns whites about the consequences of voting for Bill Thompson. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z What did they know of us, except that we numbered so many, worked on certain jobs, offered so many votes, and provided so many marchers for some protest parade of theirs! Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Although courts have found such measures to be discriminatory, several states have passed laws requiring voters to present a government-issued ID in order to vote. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z On Election Day when they took their turn at the ballot box, theirs would be a full vote, not three-fifths. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z If she ever wants to play an instrument, I would vote for cymbals. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z He gave cash bonuses for the top five people registering the most voters each month, bonuses for pledged future votes, bonuses for signing up immigrants for naturalization. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “No one thought of trying to buy up the women, nor was it ever supposed that a woman’s vote could be secured with whiskey and cigars!” he said. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z If a black person violated the accepted code of behavior, whether by talking back to a bus driver or daring to try to vote, he knew he might well be punished, perhaps by death. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Since she’d become a citizen, my mom had voted in every election—local and federal. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z During her first term in Congress, the Montana legislature changed the boundaries of its voting districts, and Rankin found herself in a politically unfavorable area. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z “We’re voting on a theme next week. I suggested Tropical Paradise. I hope it wins! We can have flower garlands and fruity drinks with those paper umbrellas. You guys should totally join,” she said. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z “I was a little worried when this boy didn’t know the proverbs, but it’s clear the ancestors have sent him. I vote he stays.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z ‘Unless I have been removed by a vote of the full senate. Is that the case?’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z But all the boys raised their hands to vote “No.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Mullen and his colleagues then called up people in a number of cities around the country who regularly watch the evening network news and asked them who they voted for. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Diem claimed to have won a ludicrous 98.2 percent of the vote; in Saigon, he somehow received more votes than there were registered voters. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Apparently, in the Capitol, there were opportunities to vote for your favorites at each stage. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The gangly white kid with rural roots was affable and intelligent, and it wasn’t long before he was voted vice president of the Corps. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z What made you change your vote? 9TH JUROR: He didn’t change his vote. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z As the campaign of 1880 began, the Democratic Party controlled the majority of votes in the South. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The vast majority of states continue to withhold the right to vote when people are released on parole. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “Listen to you. Bobby Kennedy is out buying sacks full of votes.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z He turned to his companion, David Herold, and objected to the idea that blacks and former slaves would become voting citizens. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Once they are released, they are often denied the right to vote, excluded from juries, and relegated to a racially segregated and subordinated existence. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z It was almost as if every day he were forced to cast another vote, between family and politics, politics and family. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z And Molly opens her blessed mouth and says, “We think you have the votes.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z At the Meeting on the following Sunday the question of whether or not to begin work on the windmill was to be put to the vote. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z Palmer was about to throw his vote to baseball when suddenly the sunlight was briefly snipped, as if a page had been turned in front of a lightbulb. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z “You know, like, if an AL team wins, does that mean more Democrats will show up at the polls, or,” JonPaul explained, “will Republican voting habits change if the NL team wins?” Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z After Auntie had voted, we went on out the gate of the school. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Representative Henry Barnhart of Indiana was carried in on a stretcher from a Washington, DC, hospital after an appendectomy; he stayed just long enough to vote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Other kids set up a voting system and tallied the results, or worked on letters that they would post on the Internet. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z Everyone knew the vote was going to be close, so many legislators made extraordinary efforts to be on hand to cast their ballots. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z To put down the Confederate rebellion, the president required votes in Congress from men who would back the needs of the military. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z That notion was often accompanied by the argument that women didn’t need the vote at all, since their interests were perfectly safe in the hands of men. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z When my father was in school in my NAB country, many American Blacks could not vote or go to good schools. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He asked P. D. how the voting situation was in Mississippi and P. D. told the story of the Negro who went to register. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z They were fearful that if she voted her conscience she would make women appear weak, which could compromise the suffrage campaign. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z “Sometimes. I’ll just have to convince enough people to vote for me.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z After everybody votes unanimously for the Canada gold stock, I go into the kitchen to ask Auntie An-mei why the Joy Luck Club started investing in stocks. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “This is no time to vote for a president when there’s nothing to be president of.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The amendment didn’t mention sex; it didn’t have to, because the Fourteenth Amendment had already excluded women from the rights of citizenship, which included voting. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The Georgia Supreme Court ruled, by a 4–3 vote, that the stark racial disparity presented a threshold case of discrimination and required the prosecutors to offer a race-neutral explanation for the results. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z He first voted in a presidential election in 1936, at the age of thirty-two. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z That was a surprise, because everyone had expected it to lose by one vote. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z The Women’s Loyal National League had successfully completed its mission, and many people believed that women had earned the right to vote through this work. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z During my initial visit to Lusaka, I brought up the idea of such a meeting and it was voted down. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They didn’t say how they voted, and I didn’t ask. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The National objected to the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment and favored educated female suffrage; the American supported female suffrage and did not oppose voting rights for any African Americans. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z By unanimous vote, my brothers and I retired the Fentress Firefly Prize at bedtime, declaring the season of 1899 officially over. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z He had that letter in his pocket when he cast his vote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The assembly had voted to tell the Thebans that Athens wished to be a good neighbor, but that she could not stand by and see a great wrong done. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z There had been many a moderate man who had thought the Tea Party a bit lawless and was now ready to vote payment for the tea. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z But when the union vote was held the next week, the union won by one vote. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Since the suffragists didn’t appear to have enough votes to win, he decided to call for an immediate vote on the question. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The election in Wyoming demonstrated that women could vote and the world would go on. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z During the fall he was voted Mr. PHS, an honor that delighted his classmates and stunned the hell out of his teachers and coaches. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z In the old days, when voting time came, the politicians would tell us we were all the same, one happy family. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z From the moment Burn and his fellow legislators arrived in Nashville, women on both sides of the issue had been pressuring them for their votes. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Her eyes lit up and she said, “Then we ask the class to vote by show of hands. Should a woman run for president or not?” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Everyone knew, however, that Chicago was still 38 votes shy of the simple majority needed to win the fair. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z With my Iranian passport handy, I was allowed to cast a vote in a country I hadn’t lived in since I was two years old. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z He felt that if he surrendered on the dog question, there was no telling what the Council might vote next. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z In the halls of Congress, lawmakers rose one after another to denounce Sunday’s attack and demand new voting rights legislation. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z The first instance of organized resistance to the suffragist movement took place in 1871 when Godey’s Lady’s Book published a petition to the US Congress opposing votes for women. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z The people financing these elections are largely unconcerned with whatever modest differences exist between candidates on crime, but punishment gets the votes. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “Let’s think about it and take votes next time we meet,” Ms. Holly says. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z New York had gained fifteen votes, Chicago only six. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Most former slaves voted for the Republicans, Lincoln’s party, with some Black men winning election to political office. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z But the line of people just divided around him like water around a boulder in the creek, and went on ahead to make their votes. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The thing to do was to be prepared—as my grandfather had been when it was demanded that he quote the entire United States Constitution as a test of his fitness to vote. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Three times the Republicans blocked them, never even allowing a vote. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Cast your whole vote, Ellsberg thought, not a strip of paper merely, but your whole influence. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z This eliminated elections and the people's right to vote. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z Antis harassed the legislators in an attempt to get them to change their votes. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z If it was up to me, I’d vote his son out this time too. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z When the crowd outside the Tribune saw that Chicago led New York by 43 votes, it exploded with cheers, whistles, and applause. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Suffragists Francis and Virginia Minor also believed that the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments granted women the right to vote, and they came up with a plan to put the issue to the test. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z “People want to vote, but we have to make sure they can get there.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the voting bowls was for Jesus, the other was against. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The committee voted to send Fermi an initial grant of $6,000. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Many years later there is something called bilingual education—a scheme proposed in the late 1960s by Hispanic- American social activists, later endorsed by a congressional vote. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Now, as I was trying to explain, young lady, your boyfriend has not sent any reports since we voted him into exile.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z It said other towns were going to vote on it the month after... Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z For the time being the vote is ten to two. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z On the next ballot, other states shifted to Garfield, giving him a few dozen votes. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The Senate voted on the suffrage amendment on February 10, and it failed to pass again, but this time by only a single vote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z When Auntie got to the front of the line, she told the people she wanted to vote for Met Gourgue. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Riding to victory on these votes, the Irish politicians filled city jobs—policemen, firemen—with their fellow Irishmen, who in turn watched protectively over the Irish and eastern European communities. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Once, the Durham White Supremacy Club sponsored a parade float with sixteen young women dressed in virginal white and sporting banners with the slogan “Protect us with your vote.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “They know that Mount Othrys is rising in the West. They know of Atlas’s attempt for freedom, and the gathering armies of Kronos. We have voted to act.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z In the morning, they went to the high school; Blaine wanted to be one of the first to vote. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Japanese Americans and other Asian Americans weren’t granted the right to vote until 1952. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z As it turns out, that exact scenario is often created by vote- hungry politicians. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z In addition to spying, Catt accused the antis of “buying” votes. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z In 1913, though women had not yet achieved the right to vote in federal elections, Illinois extended local suffrage to women. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Mother and Daddy voted first thing in the morning, even before we cleaned the house. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Or casting a vote for the first female presidential candidate of a major party. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z They voted the money to repair the supports under the front three pews. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z “A vote for Krystal is a vote for walking home,” Lydia said. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z African- Americans could now register to vote without undergoing ridiculous qualification games, taking difficult exams, experiencing Klan intimidation, and paying “blacks only” poll taxes. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Stella’s father stiffened at the word “boys,” his face going hard, but Pastor Patton told the man calmly, “We have come to register to vote in the presidential election to be held on November eighth.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The gavel hit the podium three times, and Mr. Pepperhorn called for a vote. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z In June, new school board members were appointed, and they voted to rehire the purged teachers. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z But the House voted 36 to 13 against his motion. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z To give voting rights to African Americans over women was to endorse what Stanton called the “aristocracy of sex.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Pardon me, don’t you sweat? 4TH JUROR: No. I don’t. 6TH JUROR: Uh, listen, I was wondering if maybe we shouldn’t take another vote. 7TH JUROR: Great idea. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z On May 21, 1919, the new House passed the suffrage amendment by a vote of 304 to 89, more than the required two-thirds. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z People in prison vote either in their correctional facilities or by some version of absentee ballot in their town of previous residence. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “The Marxists haven’t won by popular vote anywhere in the world,” his confreres replied. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He tried to convince them that he wasn’t a defector, that he had merely been visiting family in China and was coming home to vote. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z “When the Union members vote and say we accept fully the conditions offered, then I’ll say it was a victory.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z In 1870, most people believed that the word “male” in the Fourteenth Amendment explicitly excluded women from voting, but others read the law differently. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z But by aligning herself with the temperance movement, Anthony gained some new enemies—in the powerful liquor lobby, which now linked the women’s vote with a threat to their industry. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z In his greatest vote of confidence, he asked Burnham & Root to build an entry portal for the Union Stock Yards that would reflect the yards’ growing importance. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Eventually they had voted to remain what they had become: a sanctuary, a place of welcome. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Females of all classes and races were part of the movement that made millions of Americans receptive to the idea of women voting. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z The American Woman Suffrage Association had worked on state-by-state campaigns to secure women’s right to vote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z We sneered at voting, for we felt that the choice between one political crook and another was too small for serious thought. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z We just needed them to get out and vote. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z She passed out propaganda arguing that women didn’t need the vote because they were already represented by their husbands, fathers, and brothers. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Instead of breaking for the holidays, it went into a special session with the aim of pushing through to a vote before Christmas. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z In fact, Anthony’s father did not vote in a presidential election until 1860, when he cast a ballot for Abraham Lincoln after concluding that slavery could only be abolished by force. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Women would not get the right to vote until 1920, when the Nineteenth Amendment was passed. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z But when it came time to walk up and cast their votes, fifty-one stones went in the bowl with Leah’s bow-and-arrow by it. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Excellently put, Royal, and you’ve got my vote for Minister of Magic if ever we get out of this mess,” said Lee. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z With the entire community voting, her repudiation was stunning. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z They wanted women to be able to vote in the 1920 presidential election. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z “I was hoping Mom would get to vote today,” I say as I buckle up. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z The final vote on the measure was 373 in favor, 50 against. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Blacks also exercised their recently gained voting rights to boost their fortunes. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Now, the vote would be almost unanimously yes.” Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z At the time of the vote, with the city’s pride at stake, all Chicago had sung with one voice. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “It shakes one’s faith in democracy to think that such hysteria and panic can affect people who are supposed to vote intelligently next week.” Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z The concept of voting was foreign to us. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z “It’s down to this vote. Whoever takes this one is the winner. Judges, who y’all got?” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z The economist Kenneth Arrow has proved a very powerful generalization which shows that something like the above situation characterizes every voting system. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “Good luck, six-legged freak. I guess Ally will get three votes, anyway.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z “Yes. Your grandpa loved ice cream. He always said no one ever matched his vanilla kumquat recipe, which just goes to show that wooden shoe trees don’t help a bit when it’s time to vote.” Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z A congressional delegation had traveled to Selma to investigate the mass arrests and determine if new legislation was needed to ensure voting rights. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z What really became of that vote is another matter, not memorialized in any public place I can see. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z During the spring of nineteen fifty-two I joyously wrote Elijah Muhammad and my family that the Massachusetts State Parole Board had voted that I should be released. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z After the assassination, Big Ma told Pa not to waste his vote on the Democrats. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z I applauded Team USA in that moment, because their decision to vote for a Muslim American woman in hijab was a powerful rebuke to Trump’s rhetoric. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Thirty-eight students were lost—including the school’s star running back and the girl voted Most Likely to Succeed. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “And the KKK? They get a report of any colored person who tries to register to vote. You want that hammer hangin’ over your family?” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z But if not her, who had they voted for? Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z I see a woman purchase a street pretzel and my belly groans, on cue, issuing its vote. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z But Wendell Phillips said that it would be too difficult to win the vote for both groups at the same time. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z He made a very big point of looking at Anatole when he said that, but he also seemed put out with Tata Ndu for the voting activity, which got backfired on him. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “What is the point of that, Vanessa? Residents don’t get to vote—only the city council.” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z In the late 1870s, Stanton and Anthony continued to work on behalf of a constitutional amendment that would grant women the right to vote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Deep down, I do think I’m smarter than those twelve NO votes in humanities class last week. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z His grandfather was prevented from voting by Klan intimidation. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Ross Milton was not, however; he said, “Lincoln will win. When it comes to the final vote, the country will not admit that its sons have died for nothing.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, again led by Paul and Burns, they went on a hunger strike, a strategy designed to attract public attention to what the denial of women’s right to vote had led to. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z The organization’s message was unwavering and clear, and a straight reflection of what I knew Barack felt in his heart: There was power in voting. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Alex has always suspected the soulful brown eyes and perfectly groomed stubble and dramatic cheekbones won back any votes Luna lost by being both Latino and openly gay. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z It almost fully makes up the difference in votes, with the West Coast still to go. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Seven had heard from her parents that the town council had rescheduled the vote on Amendment S for tonight. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Because no one cared about long-range things like courting votes for the next election and instead cared about things like keeping valued, wealthy community members safe; there were no negotiations. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Horse and Horseman magazine, which polled horsemen, not sportswriters, had named Seabiscuit Horse of the Year, but the Turf and Sport vote was regarded as the deciding one. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The news of that vote was heartwarming to the tired President; so, too, was the fact that all the Northern states except Kentucky, Delaware, and New Jersey were of one accord with the soldier vote. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z It has turned out that it’s Johnson in the White House—and black votes were a major factor in his winning as decisively as he wanted to. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z But the men, along with Poseidon, were greatly chagrined at this female triumph; and while Poseidon proceeded to flood the land the men decided to take the vote away from the women. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Nixon carried forty-nine states, winning more than 60 percent of the vote to McGovern’s 37 percent. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “Not a man was allowed to sit on the platform, to speak or vote,” recalled one participant. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z They were followed by a wagon carrying twenty thousand suffrage leaflets, which they shared with interested people along the way, taking every chance to discuss the issue of voting rights for women. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The Monday after Link’s bar mitzvah, the town council votes unanimously to build a museum and tolerance center in Chokecherry. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z “He knows he’s not supposed to be that guy. He’s a Democrat, he voted for Obama—but that doesn’t mean he’s comfortable having people of color in his beautiful family.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z She says this country hasn’t voted for anything in twenty-six years and it’s only these silly little elections that keep the faint memory of a democracy going. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He announces, “Georgia has just voted to change its logo from a whole peach to a peach with a bite taken out of it.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Given the sharp sectional divisions in the debate, the vote to refer the petitions to a committee was surprisingly one-sided, 43 to 11; seven of the negative votes came from South Carolina and Georgia. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z But Truman soon realized that FDR had wanted him to help win votes in the Midwest—not to help run the country. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The voting strategy changes as the game progresses. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z I guess the fastest way is to find out who’s voting not guilty. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z I must have been out of the country when they took the vote on that one. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Constitution specifically provides that “the right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied...on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z It was always the pigs who put forward the resolutions.The other animals understood how to vote, but could never think of any resolutions of their own. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z It seems that a new candidate is running for Mayor of New York promising to give everyone who votes for him a lap dance. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z The final vote was five to two in favor of Monaco marrying the girl. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He had just overheard some teachers and a couple of secretaries counting up the votes. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z When African Americans began to exercise their right to vote in the 1970s, there was deep concern among some prosecutors and judges about how the racial demographics in some counties would complicate their reelections. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The cards indicated how the person was likely to vote on certain issues, what his basic values were, and what past indications he had given about his feelings toward women attaining the vote. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z The men voted to submit demands for increased wages and benefits to the packers on Saturday, July 26, and, barring a satisfactory response, to go out on strike on July 28. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Douglass smiled and asked whether granting women the right to vote would change the nature of man and woman. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Mort Sahl remarked about the 1980 election, for example, that people weren’t so much voting for Reagan as they were voting against Carter, and that if Reagan had run unopposed he would have lost. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “I call for a vote to strike the charge of theft.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z When the decisive vote came in April, Madison attributed his defeat to “the exertions and influence of Aristocracy, Anglicism, and mercantilism” led by “the Banks, the British Merchts., the insurance Comps.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Her box was mainly full of saints and savables—the real problem was convincing people it was worth taking the time to vote. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Keeping my eyes on the rose, I say, “I vote yes . . . for Prim.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The president’s proposal for a limited black citizenship and voting rights enraged the racist actor. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sorry, oh my god, sorry. Really, it’s whatever you two want. I don’t get a vote. Sorry.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z On June 4, 1919, with little debate, the Senate passed the amendment by a vote of 56 to 25, two more votes than necessary. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z After all, it was just a stupid assignment, and people just voted for the only ones they could remember. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z “Let’s just say I hope the bill gets voted down and leave it at that.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z But of those who did vote, 96 percent supported suffrage. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z “That may be true, but since you have only just appeared, the council vote stands,” said Mr. Dimblewit. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Such a document implies that a person can exercise that most public of rights—the right to vote— while still keeping apart, unassimilated from public life. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “As there is no time to lose, I vote we have a look at his house right now. Time is everything with him; and swift action on our part may save another victim.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Though we disdained the election on principle, we urged whites to vote yes. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But over the decade following the riot, gangs and organized crime continued to operate unchecked by the mayor, angering enough citizens that Thompson was voted out in 1931, never to hold office again. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z FOREMAN: The vote is nine to three in favor of “guilty.” 7TH JUROR: Well, if that isn’t the livin’ end! Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Gilbert was in his room with a tape deck singing to Billy Kaunda, who’d just been voted Malawi’s best musician of the year. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z That night, while he played dominoes with Aureliano, he ordered the sergeant to break the seal in order to count the votes. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z I think that just means that if people felt that council members weren’t representing them, they could vote them out in the next election. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Bring a little girl up in the party way and when she married, she’d see to it that her man voted the straight Democratic ticket. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The vote was unanimous, although one member, navy undersecretary Ralph Bard, presently dissented from the third recommendation, resigned his post, and proposed to Stimson that the Japanese receive two or three days’ warning. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “Changes! This is all ’cause you and Hobart Spencer and Jonah Mills went to register to vote,” Mrs. Odom fumed, thrusting a finger at the preacher. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z People were lined up to vote, dressed up in their best clothes. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Rowan didn’t know if he was a man who voted his own conscience or sold his vote to the highest bidder. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z If they were going to vote it down, why did they even bother? How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The competition to lead the Review was ferocious every year, involving rigorous vetting and a vote by eighty student editors. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “I want to register my nay vote, even though the two of you always win.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I wanted Americans to understand that words matter—that the hateful language they heard coming from their TVs did not reflect the true spirit of our country and that we could vote against it. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z If West Virginia agreed to vote for one or the other of the men, food was apparently going to come into the state in dump-truck loads. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z For me, in 1910, it didn’t make any difference about voting and I didn’t know any of what was happening. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Indeed, the Weakest Link voting data do indicate two kinds of contestants who are consistently discriminated against: the elderly and Latinos. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z At the follow-up hearing on November 29, Van Voorhis asked Anthony, “Did you have any doubt yourself of your right to vote?” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z “We thought it would be a tragedy for the first woman ever in Congress to vote for war,” Paul said. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z They voted instead to clad their buildings in “staff,” a resilient mixture of plaster and jute that could be molded into columns and statuary and spread over wood frames to provide the illusion of stone. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z In her hometown of Rochester, Anthony had convinced a group of fourteen women, including three of her sisters, to join her in registering to vote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z But they also exercised a new freedom to make decisions of their own—about work, housing, school, voting. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Only you and I would cast votes in my favor.” In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z They stroll, arm in arm, to vote at the town hall. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z Fish acknowledges that the rules of baseball can be changed by a vote; he then goes on to argue that the facts of nature also change, and that funding agencies decide what they are. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z However powerful Stanton’s words, they were still not strong enough for Congress to follow up with concrete steps to grant women the right to vote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z “Okay, ladies, listen up. It’s time to take a vote.” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z He would also be told that he could be denied the right to vote. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z I would stay away, knife or no knife. 3RD JUROR: Listen, you voted “guilty,” didn’t you? Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z He taught Woodhull the arguments behind the New Departure, the controversial interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment that asserted it gave women the right to vote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z In October of 1795 Aaron Burr visited Monticello, presumably to discuss the delivery of New York’s electoral votes, probably as a condition for his own place on the ticket as vice president. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Six of the negative votes came from the CBC. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Even those who are technically eligible to vote following release from prison frequently remain disenfranchised for life. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The public transportation workers had voted to end their strike. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He lied: He did everything possible to block ratification, and he tried to time the vote to ensure its defeat. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z In 1878, she and Stanton arranged for Senator Aaron A. Sargent to present Congress with a constitutional amendment granting women the right to vote. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z The voting process only took me a few minutes, because I was already familiar with all of the major issues GSS had put on the ballot. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “You mean no Republican ever bought a vote? Don’t make me laugh.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z But even as the abolitionists spoke up for the rights of Africans, Parliament was finally seriously considering giving more English people the right to vote. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Stanton called for a vote of confidence, and she got it, but the debate was just getting started. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z I drove to a hotel in West Los Angeles to vote for your president. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z “I’ll make sure to ask him to vote for me before anyone else does,” Soojin says as she does another little spin and then bows before me with her arms spread out. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z This was the backdrop to the night on which the city council was to vote on forming a Human Relations Commission. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z If there are still eleven votes for guilty, I won’t stand alone. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z At the end of the ad, a caption declared: “This time...vote like your whole world depended on it...NIXON.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “The chamber of commerce should sue. I’m going to put it to a vote. No one has the right to lie about our town.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z The girls who tally the Homecoming votes walked around with smirks on their faces all week. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z As expected, on January 24, 1873, a grand jury indicted Anthony for “knowingly, wrongfully, and unlawfully” voting. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z "We can't blame God for Hitler. The German people gave us Hitler, when they voted Nazis into office. Like it or not, he's our Führer." The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z As if that were not enough, the Nationalists increased their popular vote in the election by more than 10 percent. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z We won 33 percent of the vote in the western Cape, which was won by the National Party, which did extremely well among Coloured voters. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z And I—as Minister for Magic— DRACO: A vote you only won because you are his friend. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z “Are women allowed to vote in your country?” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “He’s twenty-two. He can vote and buy alcohol.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z Several scythes who had initially voted against the forming of an immunity committee switched their vote. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z It seemed particularly unfair to them that white immigrants new to America, born in foreign lands, could vote and could find higher-paying jobs in manufacturing industries—rights that native-born blacks were denied. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Representative Thetus Sims of Tennessee had broken his arm and shoulder by slipping on ice several days earlier, but he refused to seek medical care until he cast his vote in favor of the amendment. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z I learned in Faction History that the Amity recognize no official leader—they vote on everything, and the result is usually close to unanimous. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z There was a teacher’s meeting, and the vote of support was unanimous. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z It felt to her like a bereavement, that she could not vote. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “And I’ll tell you one more thing. Hilly Holbrook’s not getting my vote for League president in January. Or ever again, for that matter.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z And thirteen mice, ashamed for Lester, looked away Reader, can you imagine your own father not voting against your being sent to a dungeon full of rats? The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z Although it was not on the agenda, a heated debate erupted on women’s right to vote and whether a resolution demanding that right should be drafted and sent to the US Congress. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Despite Anthony’s speech, the delegates voted in favor of censure, 53 to 41. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z “Suffrage” comes from the Latin word suffragium, meaning “approval” and “the right to vote”; “franchise” comes from the French word franche, meaning “free.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z As previously noted, poll taxes, literacy tests, and felon disenfranchisement laws were all formally race-neutral practices that were employed in order to avoid the prohibition on race discrimination in voting contained in the Fifteenth Amendment. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z One of them wiggled his fingers as people began to vote on who won, which consisted of them shouting out either “Vinnie!” or “Lola!” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Twelve of the thirteen colonies voted in favor of severing all ties to the British throne. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z They excluded African American women from their efforts to secure the vote, fearing that it would be more difficult to gain favor for the cause among the powerful white male populace. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z After this first conversation Ridgeway included her in their plans as if she had a vote. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z In the House, the measure fell nearly one hundred votes short of the total needed—with 174 in favor and 204 opposed. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z On that day, after months of negotiations at the World Trade Centre, the multiparty forum voted to set a date for the country’s first national, nonracial, one-person- one-vote election: April 27,1994. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Woodhull noted that the Constitution didn’t prohibit women from running for president, although they did not yet have the right to vote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z He was the butt of cartoonists, thanks to whose constant mockery he became a popular figure and delivered a landslide vote for the conservatives in every election. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Again I moved that the matter be referred to the executive committee, and again my proposal was voted down. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z In John Jones’s day, before blacks could vote, they had cast their lot with Republicans, their best hope for freedom. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Only this time when the six of us met to consider our position, the voting was very different. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Says here you were twenty-nine when you registered to vote,” said the other man. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z I kept walking my processional walk, thinking of all the kids who had voted for me, not wanting to let them down, although in a way I already had. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Adding women voters made the black vote a force to be reckoned with, and important candidates came to call. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Grandfather clauses allowed whites to vote even if they couldn’t meet the requirements, as long as their ancestors had been able to vote. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “All they want is a vote from the man of the family and look what they give in exchange.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Although he didn’t know it, he arrived at almost exactly the same time that Boston’s police were voting 1,134 to 2 to go out on strike at five o’clock the next day. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z The National became involved in women’s rights issues more broadly, while the American focused narrowly on the question of a woman’s right to vote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Phillips and other Republican leaders encouraged women to be patient and wait until African American men secured their right to vote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The day of the vote, I sprang out of bed before my Hulk alarm clock went off. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z For months the small city of Selma, Alabama, had been the scene of mass meetings, protest marches, arrests, and violent confrontations between black voting rights demonstrators and white law enforcement officers. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z On August 18, 1920, members of the Tennessee House of Representatives gathered in their chamber to vote on the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Without that protection, Blacks all over the South were prevented from voting by intimidation and violence at the hands of White southerners. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z In a surprise move, the commission voted unanimously not to recommend the zoning change. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “Therefore, comrades, I vote that the mouse goes free!” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z I lie there thinking that I’m happy Mr. Daniels counted the votes in front of everyone. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z “Yes, so have I. Perhaps you intend voting for him at the next election.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z And everything that has been happening in Haiti— the demonstrations, hunger strikes, the voting and all—they have to do with us, Djo. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “Only one of them did, and only her vote matters.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z On June 29, 1954, the Atomic Energy Commission voted 4 to 1 to revoke J. Robert Oppenheimer’s security clearance, one day before it would have expired anyway. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Although the Nineteenth Amendment wouldn’t be ratified until August 1920, it was obvious that, at long last, American women would have the vote. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z America’s black man, voting as a bloc, could wield an even more powerful force. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The initial ballot put Chicago ahead by a big margin, with 115 votes to New York’s 72. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z "I voted against prohibition to please him, and because I like a little beer in the house, and then he talks that way. It's a wonder they ever find any one to marry them." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z “They want to keep tabs on who’s voting and how. They know when each man’s due at the polls and God help him if he doesn’t show up to vote for Mattie.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I think it was a combination of Lynn dying and seeing the little girl in the blue dress that changed my mother’s vote. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z For me, there was no math to do: Even if Barack had made it back from Hawaii in time, his vote almost certainly wouldn’t have changed the outcome. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z They have forgotten the scale of theft that enriched them in slavery; the terror that allowed them, for a century, to pilfer the vote; the segregationist policy that gave them their suburbs. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z To the astonishment of the city’s ruling class, 78 percent of the 681 delegates to the Democratic convention voted for Harrison on the first ballot. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He rejected the argument that she had voted in good faith. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Judges were known to say to citizens, “You vote for me, and I will see that you get a good guardianship.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Any person who claims to have deep feeling for other human beings should think a long, long time before he votes to have other men kept behind bars—caged. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The letter expressed the hope that women’s right to vote would be passed during Wilson’s presidency. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Well, that’s all I have to say. 4TH JUROR: I think it’s customary to take a preliminary vote. 7TH JUROR: Yeah, let’s vote. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Outside of New York, he even won more electoral votes than he had in 1796. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z I also remember that my father was one of the people who voted to get the Dauntless out of the factionless sector of the city. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z It did, of course, call for women to have the right to vote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z In every case, those who watched ABC voted for Reagan in far greater numbers than those who watched CBS or NBC. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z On December 30, however, when results from Virginia and South Carolina revealed that Adams had captured one electoral vote in each of these southern states, Adams ceased erupting and started celebrating. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z For three years, she had heard Victoria Woodhull and other suffragists argue that the Fourteenth Amendment gave all citizens—including women—the right to vote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The pin glimmered with four diamonds, one for each of the states where women could vote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z This indicates that some match rigging may be choreographed at the highest level of the sport—much like the Olympic skating judges’ vote swapping. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z The federally guaranteed right to vote gave them the opportunity to elect officials who would protect all the other basic rights guaranteed by federal law and the Constitution. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Every outward sign had indicated that Burn would vote against suffrage. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Not even the new kids had voted for him. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z What made her a rebel willing to challenge law and custom and risk scorn and rejection to take a stand for women’s right to vote? Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z In those early days, we are told, women voted as well as men. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z And black leaders, aware of Clark’s segregationist views and explosive temper, expected him to display, for the world to see, the violence that assailed blacks when they tried to exercise their right to vote. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z It gives me further pleasure to acquaint you that this degree was unanimously voted by the Corporation of the University, and unanimously confirmed by the Overseers.... Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The next spring the town council voted to widen the road on each side of the railroad tracks, which meant the Cold Sassy tree had to go. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z He listens as Lincoln talks of extending voting rights to literate blacks and those who fought for the Union. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Traditionally and nostalgically it is Old South Democrat, but this does not prevent its voting conservative Republican in national elections while electing liberals to city and county posts. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z They lost in the lower courts, so they appealed to the Supreme Court, arguing that the federal protections of a citizen’s right to vote superseded any state law that says otherwise. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Uncle Darnell said he hoped someone good would run in the next election when he was old enough to vote. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z She and her political supporters went to the states where women had won the right to vote, and they campaigned against Democrats—Democrats, even those who supported suffrage. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Even after the term of punishment expires, some states deny the right to vote for a period ranging from a number of years to the rest of one’s life. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z But they bowed to Sproul’s judgment that losing Lawrence would be even costlier, and voted to cover all the annual operating and maintenance costs that Lawrence had budgeted for the Rad Lab. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z His dad had been the delegate to cast the votes from California that put her over, and they all cried. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The election officials sat at a long table with ballots on it, and also big wooden boxes for the votes. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Speaking from the steps of the capitol, prominent civil rights leaders and ordinary citizens recalled the turbulent events at Selma that had turned the voting rights campaign into a mass protest against racial injustice. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z The opponents of suffrage in Tennessee challenged the vote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The antis encouraged women not to vote in the referendum. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Today, voting rights for blacks and other minorities are once again under attack and imperiled. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z They asked the three young men working as election officials to register them to vote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Lawmakers from Southern states argued that the federal government should not have the power to interfere with a state’s constitutional right to impose its own voting requirements. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Men line up in New York City to read the argument against giving women the right to vote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z ‘Yet we must needs make up our minds without his aid. Why cannot we decide, and so help Frodo? Let us call him back and then vote! I should vote for Minas Tirith.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “It seems very fair to me. Snow even has a granddaughter. I vote yes.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Ifemelu watched the people already there, in line, waiting for the door to open, and she willed them all to vote for Obama. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z We polled 62.6 percent of the national vote, slightly short of the two-thirds needed had we wished to push through a final constitution without support from other parties. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Senate, winning 70 percent of the vote statewide, the largest margin in Illinois history and the biggest landslide of any Senate race in the country that year. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The board had voted unanimously in favor of the proposal. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z At the end of the party they piled the peasants onto wooden carts and hauled them off to vote, under careful observation, amidst much joking and laughter. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Suzanne’s choices sometimes seemed like an affront to my way of doing things, a vote in favor of easing up and striving less. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “When people are in a stagnant state, and are being brought out of it, there is no time for voting!” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z She struts around the room in her white pumps and gives us the ballots to vote for Miss Congeniality. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “Because usually they get boys to fight wars. Most of you aren’t old enough to vote yet. ” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I could see the wheels in his mind turning, trying to calculate how heavy a price he could make me pay and still have the masters vote in his favor. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Our group seemed evenly divided between stealing the ambulance or going on foot, so we put it to a vote. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Marv rings me in the evening and orders me to go since everyone voted me best player for ironing out old Mimi. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Congress had the final say, however, and now the time for the big vote had come. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Everyone expected Harry T. Burn to vote against the Nineteenth Amendment, which gave women the right to vote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z He even accepted defeat before the final votes were tallied. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z Only with the vote, Stanton wrote, would all other change be possible for women. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z I would vote for Bach, all of Bach, streamed out into space, over and over again. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z While blacks did win the right to vote when the Republican Party came to power three years later, and even served in various offices, the interregnum lasted less than a decade. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z After an evident moment of confusion, Dad replied, “Thank you for your vote of confidence, Reverend Lavender.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The defense focused on the fact that Anthony believed she was entitled to vote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z From the White House, President Johnson announced that he was determined to press for a powerful new voting rights law. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Soon after the organization was established, it formed important alliances with legendary women’s rights leaders Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton and other women battling to gain the right to vote. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z “I’d say Gaily s a wee bit ill today, too, so we continue without him. Thomas, defend yourself and then we’ll take the vote on what we should do with you.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-21T00:00:00Z It doesn’t matter that my speech wasn’t in Quichua, that there’s no way I can be voted queen now. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Now, both of you will need to say a few words tomorrow, and the voting will follow.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z African American leader Booker T. Washington shared this view, opposing suffrage on the grounds that giving women the vote would undermine their moral and domestic influence. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z If they see it as a contest between the defense and the prosecution as to who's lying, they'll vote for the prosecution. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z But despite the tireless efforts of the National Woman Suffrage Association and the outspoken arguments of the Revolution, women still could not vote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z They were very much trying to suppress a vote to give Spares more rights and believed that was the extent of the fake Uncles’ agenda. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Some of the white townspeople who had come to vote didn’t leave when they were through voting. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Five votes in favor of arresting the Gran, four against. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z The mood of the nation during those days of voting was buoyant. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “I wish Mom could help vote him out.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Did you chant “Where is my vote?” till you were hoarse? Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z However, Grabarek, while not specifically promising to do anything to help blacks, did ask for the black vote in advertisements in the Carolina Times, a courtesy Carr did not extend. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z He explained that without the vote, women would be unable to change the laws that treated them unfairly. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z If a young black man answers a lot of questions correctly but is voted off early, discrimination would seem to be a factor. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z His purpose was to encourage black rural residents to register to vote. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Speaker after speaker urged the audience to demand their rights by marching to the courthouse and registering to vote. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z “We voted it down just a year ago,” the blind man reminded Matty when the message had been read to him. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z “This is an armadillo, I think. You can vote for him if you want. His name is.. . Joe. Joe the Armadillo. He’s brown, and has four legs, and this shell thingy. . . .” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z For all practical purposes, he would never be able to vote again. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Nearly the entire Negro population of Bumblebee stood in the street, quietly waiting while the three men voted. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z When it came to our disagreements, Dr. Woodchurch would never be the deciding vote. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z In September 1870, the women of Wyoming voted for the first time. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z In May 1664, Hooke was a candidate for the post of professor of geometry at Gresham College, but lost out on the casting vote of the Lord Mayor. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z “What was the first state to allow women to vote?” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z “It seemed to balance the need for vengeance with the least loss of life. You may cast your votes.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z It was known, furthermore, that he had voted blue at his father-in-law’s direction. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Pierce was about nineteen years old when she attended the first women’s rights convention at Seneca Falls, and she was ninety-one when she became eligible to vote for the first time. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Both Stanton and Anthony were delighted with the achievement, but eager for the legislature to move forward on the question of giving women the right to vote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The Nineteenth Amendment enfranchised women, but some states quickly moved to deny nonwhite women—and men—the right to vote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z We saw such a vote as a signal of support for negotiations, not necessarily for de Klerk. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He could walk out the door and catch a cab to the airport and still make it to Springfield in time to vote. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z He retired soon after the vote, only to be nominated as a justice to the Supreme Court by the newly elected president, Ulysses S. Grant. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Not that we have a choice, or course, or even a vote. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Reagan’s racially coded rhetoric and strategy proved extraordinarily effective, as 22 percent of all Democrats defected from the party to vote for Reagan. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “Then toss your votes into the box here.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z I vote “not guilty.” 7TH JUROR: Oh, brother! 3RD JUROR: Oh, now listen! Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z As the week went on, we felt really good about the upcoming vote. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Before I entered the polling station, an irreverent member of the press called out, “Mr. Mandela, who are you voting for?” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The revived voting rights campaign began on January 18, when King led four hundred blacks in a march to the courthouse. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z When the votes were counted, there was a tie: 48 for ratification, 48 against. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z While some barriers to voting have been abolished, she said, discrimination at the ballot box continues in different forms and is growing. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z They pursued that glimmering American phantasm called Justice by attacking legalized discrimination in voting, in public accommodations, and in schools. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z It will be voted on the fourth day of fall and is expected to reach other Twelve Towns next month. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z “Perhaps it’s time to vote for a new mukhtar,” some even said. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Support for the legislation was so widespread that several Southern lawmakers cast their first vote ever for a civil rights bill. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z “He must go to the rats. Immediately. Members of the council, I will now ask you to vote. Those in favor of Despereaux being sent to the dungeon, say ‘aye.’” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z The subtle pro- Reagan bias in Jennings’s face seems to have influenced the voting behavior of ABC viewers. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “I'm fixin’ to register to vote, and I want you to be there,” her father said gruffly. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Eventually Huxley managed to do to Owen what Owen had done to so many others: he had him voted off the councils of the Zoological and Royal societies. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z It also meant that my family could vote—for the first time ever, anywhere. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z When passersby asked what they were doing, one member spoke and answered simply and directly that they were marching in support of women’s right to vote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The last vote was eight to four in favor of guilty. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z On July 9 the House passed the Residence Bill, locating the permanent national capital on the Potomac after a ten-year residence in Philadelphia, all this decided by a vote of 32 to 29. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z It must be voted and approved by members of Congress. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z She argued that since women were considered persons for the purpose of taxation, then they should be considered persons for voting, too. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z After a full day of voting for a nominee, the delegates couldn't agree on a candidate. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The youngsters were standing silently outside the courthouse, displaying crayoned signs urging equal voting rights, when the sheriff ordered them to follow him down the street. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z The full House was preparing to vote on impeachment, and Nixon was going to lose. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z At the end it got turned into another showdown: were we going to keep talking about this all night, or have a vote? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Defying the Supreme Court, the Durham Restaurant Association met that same day and voted to maintain its policy of segregation. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z When the jury was polled by the incredulous judge, Carter was the only juror who recorded his vote as guilty. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z And in March the town council voted to put up a little sign on the post below the town’s name along Route 302. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Like Riddle, he understood that Seabiscuit had to conquer War Admiral on the track to be deemed his superior in the championship voting and in history. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Then Michael S. gave Lucy one of those Michael S. looks, and Lucy changed her vote. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z If enough men and women voted for her to be elected as our congressman, then who knew? P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z “They kill us. They keep us from voting and getting good jobs,” I said. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I wasn’t going to vote on a theme. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “Hi. I’m from Arkansas, the cantaloupe state. And tonight, I hope you will hold my melons close to your heart and vote me your Miss Teen Dream.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z The night before the vote, Paul visited Rankin and encouraged her to vote against the war. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z “I got that scar in Greene County, Alabama, trying to register to vote in 1964. You see this scar on the side of my head?” Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Another guaranteed vote for Most Liked in the senior yearbook. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z The fourth element, the vote, the right of the governed to govern themselves, has long been a cherished goal of all thinking men of Atlanta. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “I voted last election, same as everyone, and I laid it on the line for President Noble. I think he's one of the nicest-looking men who ever became president.” Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z The fire marshals and bomb squad pick through the burned-out section in the back that serves as an annex for the office, where we keep voting registration and contributor records. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Sooner or later, there will be real human hardware, great whirring, clicking cabinets intelligent enough to read magazines and vote, able to think rings around the rest of us. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z We need to remember the power of every vote. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z When I finished voting, I adjusted my haptic chair slightly and studied the command console in front of me. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z One poll watcher, Sylvester Lewis, said that he objected to the women voting. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Many westerners believed that the pioneering women who had moved west and endured significant hardship now deserved the right to participate in government through the vote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Still, the antis claimed that all of those who failed to vote opposed female suffrage. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z I’d like you eleven men to vote by secret written ballot. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Paul did not attend the final vote, because she had already gone on to Minnesota to start the state ratification campaign. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Her tactics seemed to help: That year the Senate held the first vote on women’s suffrage since 1887. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z If we vote “guilty,” we send the accused to the electric chair. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The preponderance of the soldier vote was for Lincoln that year. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z The theory was that when it came to minority candidates, voters often hid their prejudice from pollsters, expressing it only from the privacy of the voting booth. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Two ballot papers would only confuse a majority of voters, most of whom would be voting for the first time in their lives. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “We still no vote. We just try to recover from war.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z They each needed to vote, to speak out, to challenge the rules of crowned kings and royal princes. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Five more years and I could finally vote in an election and not get patted down at airports purely because my last name was Saedi and I had an Iranian passport. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z For hours they argue about the politics of America, a country in which none of them is eligible to vote. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “And she says for me to tell you this: ‘Take whatever dang vote you please.’” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z “It’s comparatively easy. Sometimes I just don’t vote my convictions, that’s all.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z By the summer following passage of the law, nine thousand blacks in Dallas County had been registered to vote. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z The brief but powerful text read, “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Every state has developed its own process for restoring voting rights. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z After he voted in town, he returned home in the afternoon to await the election results. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “For what Tammany gives to the people, it takes from them double. You wait until us women vote.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z But the vote for the third election happened during the 1797 recurrence of yellow fever, when most well-to-do citizens had left the city. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z The first year was hard because we could say last ’lection he voted. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Representative James R. Mann of Illinois came from his hospital bed in Baltimore, where he had been for six months, so that he could vote yes. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Three days after the interview, rather than integrate its annual Miss Durham pageant, as demanded by UOCI, the Durham Junior Chamber of Commerce voted to cancel the event altogether. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z The ranch hand waited until his quarry had reached the door, then fired a farewell volley: “If you ever run for sheriff again, just forget my vote. ’Cause you ain’t gonna get it.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z “I know things are unstable but this is—” “And my cousin Shinelle in Cauter County? They burn up her car cause she went down to the voting station.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z That included Mr. Lincoln’s home state of Illinois; but to Jethro’s disappointment, it was not southern Illinois that gave the state’s electoral votes to the President. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z After a moment of silence the Chancellor called for the vote. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The taxes got paid and the votes got counted and the agencies of government did their work briskly and politely. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Were just supposed to accept that? Without a vote in the senate? Without a proper debate? Without—” “Percy!” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The Chicago Tribune’s editorial page criticized the group of senators who hadn’t managed to vote that day, calling them “a bunch of gutless sheep.” Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The city council had voted unanimously to grant the Fugees six months’ use of the field in October—three months before. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z But some women continued to oppose their own suffrage, arguing that having the vote would threaten women’s role in society and in the home. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z It was one of the rules that Leader had proposed, and all of the people had voted in favor of it. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z “Girls can’t even vote. They don’t get paid. Girls stay home.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “You didn’t vote in the election?” the woman asked me, confused. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z I finished a close second to Michael Phelps in the vote to determine who would carry the US flag at the opening ceremony. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Even I had voted for him; he seemed conscientious and responsible. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In such cases, voters were asked to validate their ballots by taking an oath assuring that they were legally permitted to vote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z In 2000, reformers finally had enough votes to get the issue on the statewide ballot, where a majority of voters chose to eliminate the ban, although 41 percent voted to keep it. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “All Americans should be indignant when one American is denied the right to vote,” he told reporters. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z In a low voice Pris said, “I vote we make our stand here.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z She also pointed out that the federal rights established by the Fourteenth Amendment took precedence over states’ rights, arguing that the states could not prohibit women from voting. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z In fact, about half of European countries allow all people behind bars to vote, while others disqualify only a small number from the polls. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z A few days before the vote, Carrie Chapman Catt and several other women from the National American Woman Suffrage Association visited Rankin and urged her to vote for war. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Darkclaw sided with them while trying to placate the others, attempting to keep a foot in either camp, should it come to a vote. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Constitutional amendments guaranteeing African Americans “equal protection of the laws” and the right to vote proved as impotent as the Emancipation Proclamation once a white backlash against Reconstruction gained steam. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The celebrations were tempered, however, by the fact that Harrison had lost by the narrowest of margins, fewer than four thousand votes. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z After the seventh ballot Chicago was only one vote short of a majority. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z As he approached the voting table, he held his hat against his chest, respectfully, like a person going into church. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z In 1919, after years of struggle, women’s dream of getting the vote finally came within reach after the Nineteenth Amendment was passed by both houses of Congress. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z “Don’t people who run for student council promise things, to get you to vote for them?” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, not all these clubs and those who belonged to them were in favor of granting the vote to all women. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z The Second Reform Act of 1867 had given working-class men in Britain the right to vote. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z We estimated that there would be over twenty million people going to the polls, most of them voting for the first time. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z His great-grandfather was beaten to death by the Ku Klux Klan for attempting to vote. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z In 1833, when the village of Chicago voted to incorporate, it was a muddy little trading post with fewer than 100 inhabitants. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z In Alabama and across the South during the early 1960s, African Americans were denied the most fundamental right in a democracy—the right to vote. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t think it was any of the speeches she’d heard that made her vote for the union. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Hale promised to turn out the vote for him. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z You voted instead for a woman and a family with Texas dirt under their shoes, who would lead you into four years of progress, of carrying on a legacy of hope and change. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z But voting booths aside, I worried I'd be betraying my Iranian side if I was too gung ho about becoming fully Americanized. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z And it had all happened without a single dissenting vote. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I agreed with both motions, and when a majority of students voted to boycott the elections unless the authorities accepted our demands, I voted with them. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “We got to vote on it,” Johnson said. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “It may be all very delightful to those concerned but as I like unmarried women better than those in the blessed state, I vote it a bore....” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Neither report had any lasting significance on the question of women’s right to vote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Because it was clear that the vote would be very close, parties on both sides worked to influence the vote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z “So,” Father went on, “we obviously had to make the decision. Even 1 voted for Gabriel’s release when we had the meeting this afternoon:” Jonas put down his fork and stared at his father. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z He vowed to prevent the March 7 voting rights march. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Democrats were popular among White southerners because the party had pushed for leniency toward the Confederacy and had supported efforts to deny former slaves the vote. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Caesar announces that interested parties must cast their final vote by noon on the following day. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Since we were not considered citizens in Congo, we could not vote. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z In order to vote, you had to be there in person, so those citizens who lived outside town were also, effectively, disenfranchised. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z The council votes and selects Master Wingfield as our first president. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z The people here can serve in the US military but can’t vote for president. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z “Everyone judged everyone else based on their appearance. People who were taller got better jobs, and people even voted for some politicians just because they weren’t quite as ugly as everybody else. Blah, blah, blah.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z We voted, and there was only one negative ballot—Dad’s. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Although he was prepared to allow the black majority to vote and create legislation, he wanted to retain a minority veto. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z On August 13, after a number of long speeches, the Senate approved ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment by a vote of 25 to 4. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Not only was she crowned Homecoming Queen, she was also voted Miss PHS by her classmates. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Morgan petitioned the state senate, arguing that Israel’s election was illegal because people from the two poorest sections of town had been allowed to vote without proving they had taken an oath of allegiance. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z The people we met were kind to the girls and respectful to us, even when confessing that voting for any Democrat would be a half-crazy departure from tradition. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Woodhull asked Congress to issue a declaratory act to clarify the right of all women to vote under the authority of the Fourteenth Amendment. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The debate continued for years, and a number of men voted in favor of circumcision in a very direct way. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Though Johnson escaped removal from office by one vote in the Senate, Stanton was the clear winner in the case. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Several centuries of great writers—Milton, Shakespeare, Pope, Swift, Johnson, Austen, Thurber, Faulkner, Baldwin—have voted with their pens, and the answer is yes. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Once again, women were denied the right to vote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Catt considered Rankin’s vote an act of cowardice; Paul praised it as an act of courage. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The House Judiciary Committee voted 27–11 in favor of impeachment. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “But what do I do when I reach the voting place?” Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z In the end, Hillary Clinton won nearly three million more votes than her opponent, but Trump had captured the Electoral College thanks to fewer than eighty thousand votes spread across Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Michigan. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Bob also told me that acts of sabotage in Port Elizabeth and Durban had occurred, both celebrating the U.N. vote and protesting my trial. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z By 1906, the year Anthony died, women in England were using civil disobedience in the battle for their voting rights. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The voting was absolutely free, as Aureliano himself was able to attest since he spent almost the entire day with his father-in-law seeing that no one voted more than once. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z “Lucy Bob—you have my vote. You were amazing.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z In the end, the crisis passed when, on the thirty-sixth ballot, the House voted Jefferson into office. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Every man and woman shall have the right to vote for and stand as a candidate for all bodies which make laws. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “People aren’t even trying to get their vote back,” she said. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The most humiliating aspect of his successive defeats was that he had not garnered a single vote. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z My mother seemed pleased that the union had won, so I knew how she’d voted. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Finally, on October 1, 1918, the Senate voted, 34 to 62, two votes short of the required two-thirds majority. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z “I vote for Panera then,” Dill said, with a more genuine smile. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z In the years immediately following the flood, Boston’s citizens, most of whom were determined that such a tragedy never take place again, voted overwhelmingly to increase the budget of the city’s building department substantially. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z “All citizens are free to express their opinions, to vote for the candidate of their choice, to receive an education....” Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z In Deep South states, jury rolls were pulled from voting rolls, which excluded African Americans. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z So the teachers had stood aside and watched as others fought for voting rights. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z The establishment of another official body for communication and not action was, despite C.P’s opposition, unthreatening enough to receive even Charles Steel’s vote. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “All she wanted to do was register her name to vote.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z What, did everybody have a meeting in the gym and vote on it?” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z Her own vote was for lighting out as soon as possible. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z We’d summoned you out of ourselves, and you were not given a vote. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Women in Kansas already had the right to vote in school elections, and many women’s rights leaders thought that there was a real possibility that full suffrage could be won there. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z They had always voted for the Congress Party. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z So they took up arms again: on the battlefields, in the classrooms and voting booths, in the nation’s capital—and in the offices of the Langley Aeronautical Laboratory. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The class had voted to see Charlie off at the station. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Suffragists saw the vote as a way they could make the world a better place by using it to increase wages, eliminate child labor, and reduce government corruption. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z By 1839, the women's organization ended, because the American Anti-Slavery Society voted to invite “all persons opposed to slavery”—including women—to join. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z “I sure would like to cast my vote,” Papa added. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “I demand a full debate and vote on this!” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Like her husband, Ida preached neither Democrat nor Republican but encouraged blacks to “vote for the advantage of ourselves and our race.” A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “You don’t need to be voting! You are wasting your money, boy! Next thing I know you’ll be asking for charity to feed those children.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z He didn’t want them to vote for him solely because he was colored or Asian. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Of all of these injustices, Elizabeth considered suffrage, the right to vote, most important. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Overall, this measure ended up undermining the suffragists, because the low voter turnout suggested that women were apathetic about voting. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Not surprisingly, the Committee on Privileges and Elections never voted to send the Susan B. Anthony Amendment to the full Senate for consideration that year. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z He represented a solidly anti-suffrage district in the mountains of Tennessee, and in the first round, his vote had been a nay. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Neither side was confident that they had the votes to win. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Their battle to rid the nation of alcohol launched women into politics and, importantly, aided them in their fight for the right to vote. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z After more than four months of debate, both the House of Representatives and the Senate voted by overwhelming margins to approve the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z “We’re going to circulate a petition asking for a special election to recall the board members who voted for the teacher purge,” Dr. Agar explained. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The twelve members did not vote or render a verdict. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z The attitude of the party leader prevailed and Left Front, for which I had worked so long, was voted out of existence. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z There are people across the country who not only championed those policies but also cited them as the reason they voted for him. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Miss Peregrine had voted with her beak—by stabbing it into the ambulance’s tire. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Looking back over the months that led to this day, it seems the collapse of things started in October, with the vote in church. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The barber in the crowd pointed out to everyone in his vicinity that New York’s additional votes must have come from congressmen who previously had favored St. Louis. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “I vote we try to find it ourselves today, and if we don’t, we talk to our parents and the police tonight.” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z The neighborhood committee has voted her little brick-and-cement house by the sea as the primary lookout for Santa Teresa del Mar. From her porch, Celia could spot another Bay of Pigs invasion before it happened. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “On the day the electorate, as expected in polls, was voting in unprecedented numbers against bombing North Vietnam or otherwise escalating the war, we were working to set such a policy in motion,” Ellsberg recalled. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z He believed and with reason that they had turned the vote against him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z After all, in England itself only 3 percent of the population had the right to vote. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z When asked to swear in her vote, Anthony willingly placed her hand on the Bible and swore that she was, in fact, able to vote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z These bureaucratic minefields are the modern-day equivalent of poll taxes and literacy tests—“colorblind” rules designed to make voting a practical impossibility for a group defined largely by race. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z She also said it was “hurting our cause,” because one congressman had said that he wouldn’t vote for suffrage as long as the women picketed. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The most dramatic clash came in 1800, when Burr ran alongside Jefferson in the presidential election—his reward for delivering the bulk of New York’s electoral votes, which made Jefferson’s victory possible. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z The teachers’ march that day would be remembered as a turning point in the struggle for equal voting rights. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z This time women and children were also getting to vote, apparently. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z All the women voted for the goddess, and all the men for the god. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The message communicated by felon disenfranchisement laws, policies, and bureaucratic procedures is not lost on those, such as Clinton Drake, who are effectively barred from voting for life. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z He says he was keeping it to dole out to us if we ran out of provisions, but that didn’t keep the council from voting him down. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z His mother had always been notably apolitical, voting only for candidates who seemed to have been kind to their mothers. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t think any men would vote for her. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Listen, I’d like you to tell me why you changed your vote. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Despite twelve years’ experience on the school board, she had received only 24 percent of the vote. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I was among fifteen girls nominated to walk out for inspection by the assembled student body on voting day. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z They helped to guarantee the voting rights granted to Black males by the Fifteenth Amendment of 1870. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “Let’s each have three, and whoever is still alive at breakfast can take a vote on the rest,” says Johanna. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Following slavery, for example, there were some African Americans who supported disenfranchisement because they believed that black people were not yet “ready” for the vote. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z He put the odds that this committee would pass on the legislation for a vote by the full house at “zero.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z In 1784 Jefferson also proposed a bill in the federal Congress prohibiting slavery in all the western territories; it failed to pass by a single vote. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z “To the people who bravely went to vote at Ruelle Vaillant and everywhere in the country, we take our hats off. We congratulate you on your courage. “But we must be truthful, too. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z While both organizations advocated for voting rights for women, the National favored a federal amendment, while the American worked to pass women’s voting rights at the state level, state by state. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z In 1870, the Fifteenth Amendment was ratified, granting African American men the right to vote. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z He had a wife and two babies before he was old enough to vote. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z There must have been a vote, or a discussion at least, about my presence. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z That was when I learned if you can’t fight, you don’t get a vote in anything. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “Did they vote to give you the money?” she said sleepily. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z It was everybody talking at once, so it was no need of putting it to a vote. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z If you don’t care for obscenity, you don’t care for the truth; if you don’t care for the truth, watch how you vote. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Joey said, “I don’t. You started it, and you’re still the editor in chief, so I vote that we keep the name the same.” The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z It became clear as November went by that the United Nations vote on the Partition Plan would take place sometime at the end of the month. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Madison wanted to use the vote on the committee report to create the equivalent of a landmark decision prohibiting any national scheme for emancipation. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Men attended, too, but they were not permitted to hold office or vote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Only two states—Maine and Vermont—permit people to vote while serving sentences behind bars. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “Sure. But don’t most people just vote for their friends?” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z Neither African American men nor white women were granted the right to vote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z It was a little late for my mother, but if she voted yes, she knew it would not be too late for the next family suffering grief. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “A governing council votes for a vice chancellor. That is the way it has worked since this university was built, that is the way it is supposed to work, oburia?” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Most unjust of all, they could not have a voice in deciding their futures by casting a vote in a federal election. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z One was the manner in which Paul and the other leaders shifted attention away from state-level voting rights toward a constitutional amendment granting women the national right to vote. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z I wrote to Winnie in Brandfort that I hoped the voting might have for a moment turned her humble shack into a castle, making its tiny rooms as grand as the ballroom at Windsor. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z My father was at a meeting on Saturday evening, November 29, when the vote was finally held, and I listened to it over the kitchen radio. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Without the vote, women would not have the power to change unfair laws. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Neither Grant, Blaine, nor Sherman garnered enough votes to earn the nomination. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z As May Day of 1936 approached, it was voted by the union membership that we should march in the public procession. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Education, housing, job opportunities and the vote enter the picture of any improving community. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “I want to stand by my country, but I cannot vote for war,” Rankin said. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z All those voting “not guilty” raise your hands. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, as the white elite increased its power, they used literacy tests and property requirements to strip blacks of the vote. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z By the time they voted, even Joe could see that the city didn’t have a chance in the world. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Later they began to focus their efforts on what they regarded as the most crucial civil rights issue—securing the right of black citizens to vote. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z She insisted that voting rights were the key to making other social changes. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z More than a third of the senators abstained from voting. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z During the Jim Crow era, African Americans were denied the right to vote through poll taxes, literacy tests, grandfather clauses, and felon disenfranchisement laws, even though the Fifteenth Amendment to the U.S. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Because we elect people to vote for us. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z When they lobbied their state legislatures, women found that without the vote they were ignored. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z What else do you want? 12TH JUROR: Well, maybe . . . 3RD JUROR: Let’s vote on it. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of them did: Across the country, hundreds of suffragists tried to register to vote, but most were turned away. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z I was curious about the whole voting business. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Whenever any group can vote in a bloc, and decide the outcome of elections, and it fails to do this, then that group is politically sick. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Come election, they were to bring in the votes from their neighborhood. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Leah always had the uppermost respect for Father, but after the hullabaloo in church where they voted Father out, she just plumb stopped being polite. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z If women had the right to vote, she believed, they would have the power to change all the other laws that kept them unequal to men. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z “How do you know you’re going to be president if nobody’s voted yet?” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z “My mom canvassed for your mom when she ran for Congress back in the day, so like, we go way back. She’s the first president I ever voted for.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z If he wanted to win, surely, they thought, he would vote against the bill. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z This sent a clear message to lawmakers and future politicians and reestablished a feeling that seemed to have been lost when Harold Washington died: The African American vote mattered. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z At a follow-up meeting in Boston a few weeks later, the women’s rights advocates were distraught to learn that many abolitionists planned to focus only on winning the vote for black men. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Tonight was the vote on Amendment S in Ravenskill, and if Seven’s theory was correct, there would be another string of cuco attacks—making this the perfect time for the Witchlings to strike. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z They targeted former slaves and any whites who supported the blacks’ rights to vote, acquire land, or gain an education. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Or, So you voted no, you have the brains of a dung fly, and what’s more, you have no manners. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z It has become harder to read people’s status in the clothes they wear, the cars they drive, the votes they cast, the god they worship, the color of their skin. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z It wasn’t the girl in this old-fashioned dress they had voted for. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z A few weeks after the vote, Mop and Bren came home. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z In 1950, a vote at the annual meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science showed that about half of those present now embraced the idea of continental drift. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z "That's what I pray for. I will never vote for a Nazi—no matter what they promise us." The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z Paul’s plan involved having a continual lineup of women stand directly in front of the White House, holding placards containing messages demanding the vote—for President Wilson to see. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z “I vote no, of course! We can’t have another Hunger Games!” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z New Departure advocates argued that women who met those conditions were citizens, so they should have all the rights of citizenship, including the right to vote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Years ago I was voted…you know, in one of those polls. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z NM: My Lord, what happens when illiterate whites vote . Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Solemnly, and with ceremony, the vote was taken. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Still, the vote to include it was 100 percent yes. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z After hours of debate, a vote was taken and the motion to include the women was overwhelmingly defeated. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Another two years on, the Fifteenth Amendment extended to black men the right to vote. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Doesn’t the rest of the world know about the suffering and deaths caused by apartheid? Aren’t white South Africans aware of the oppressive nature of the regime they always vote for?” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “I did. I did all of that. The other girl just got more votes.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z “I would like to vote for a change in discussion topic.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z On February 11, five days after the walkout had begun, the strike committee voted to end it. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Pointing my wand away from myself into the deadly folds of the creature, summoning the memory of the day I had been voted President of the local Gobstones Club, I performed the Patronus Charm. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The farmer, through his lobby, is the most government-subsidized special-interest group in America today, because a million farmers vote, not as Democrats, or Republicans, liberals, conservatives, but as farmers. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z He also discussed his desire that black people, especially those who had served in the Union army, be granted the right to vote. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z But thanks in great part to the deft political maneuverings of Aaron Burr, all twelve of New York’s electoral votes went to Jefferson. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z The group collected signatures of five thousand women who did not want the right to vote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Principal Principal reads the vote total: Bees—3. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z “So what did you feel like when the war started? Did you vote for the war?” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Maybe I don’t. 7TH JUROR: So what’d you vote “not guilty” for? 8TH JUROR: There were eleven votes for “guilty.” Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Specific tactics included motorcades, parades, banners, billboards, transcontinental automobile trips, and speaking tours—all designed to educate the public about why women deserved the vote. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z “I’m dead serious. How can we trust this shank after less than a week? Quit voting me down before you even think about what I’m saying.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Those labeled criminals can even be denied the right to vote. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z But in this context it merely meant that the National Party would be part of any popularly elected government provided it polled enough votes. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Rankin didn’t tell either side how she was going to vote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z “Then I call for a vote to set aside the charge of theft,” Hemme said. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z In the High District there was no alarm at the first partial returns from the provinces, which favored the left, because everyone knew that it was the votes from the capital that would be decisive. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Each rally was also designed to teach people how to vote. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z When the secret ballots were counted, Emily won by a single vote, there being exactly one more girl than boy in the sixth grade. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z For on assumption, unlike the earlier debate over funding, Madison had the votes. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z So two cuco attacks, nearly a month apart, both on the night town councils were set to vote on a bill about Spares. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z All the regional voting blocs—New England, the Middle Atlantic, and the South—could cite plausible reasons for claiming primacy. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z “You and I can’t vote because we don’t yet have our true names. But we can go and listen to the debate. We can speak if we want. And we can watch the vote.” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z “Yeah; I voted twice. I wasn’t old enough, so I put my age up so I could vote and get the five dollars.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z In July the agency voted to defer construction of the Mark II indefinitely. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z In other words, almost all of the women who voted supported suffrage. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z She went on to explain that because she was a US citizen, she had the right to vote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z After the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment, black women were still prevented from voting in many states because of white supremacist laws already in place. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z I came off parole on October 13, 1999, but I’m still not allowed to vote. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “Maybe she went in there and voted for the cookie,” Smitherman said with a cruel laugh. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “Well, I didn’t vote for Reagan,” White finally remarked. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Native Americans were not granted the right to vote until the Indian Citizenship Act was passed in 1924. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z I mean, all of a sudden here everybody . . . 8TH JUROR: I’d like to call for another vote. 10TH JUROR: Listen, I’m talking here. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z In secret ballot we voted unanimously to keep him. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z My mom voted we wait for Pete, but Dad was on his way to the car.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z ‘Don’t you ever vote for Mr. Hancock, sir?’ asked Johnny. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z According to Temp, the deacons voted to put it in the church records that “Mary Willis Blakeslee has swapped her religious birthright for a mess of matrimonial pottage.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z By a vote of 29 to 25 the House agreed to transcribe this verdict in the permanent record. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Typically, men openly sold their votes for alcohol, but he had noticed that it didn’t happen when the women were nearby. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z “Today marks the beginning of a determined, organized, mobilized campaign to get the right to vote everywhere in Alabama,” he told the crowd. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Sandra is sitting next to me, peeling an old student council vote sticker off her desk with precision, lifting this end, then that corner, making her way around the edges carefully. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z “How long you think it take if someone tells you you can’t vote before it spreads?” asked one man who was misled. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z He was teaching a class on racism and the law at the University of Chicago Law School and working by day at his law firm, mostly on cases involving voting rights and employment discrimination. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Mr. Pepperhorn looked at the council members expectantly, and he along with Mr. Dimblewit and three other witches from the Hill voted to send her away. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z “Individual people don’t get to vote, but they do get to voice their concerns at the public forum before the vote.” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z "All this I meant to say. Now I've said it. You voted me for chief. Now you do what I say." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Their vote therefore must be ascribed to ignorance of what passed during their long sleep. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z “All in favor of admitting first-term student Kvothe’s reckless use of sympathy as proof of mastery of the basic principles of sympathy vote by show of hands.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Wisconsin won by voting for the amendment on June 10,1919, less than a week after Congress had passed it. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Seven typed Stormville, Amendment S, and the article that popped up made Seven slap her hand over her mouth: It said that the Stormville council had been set to vote on Amendment S too. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Another kid urged everyone to vote for Wilbur the Pig because he would bring about world peace, and if he didn’t, then at least everyone would get a ham sandwich. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z But events of the past few weeks had changed Johnson’s mind, and he assured King that a voting rights bill would soon be introduced in Congress. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time he had finished speaking, there was no doubt as to which way the vote would go. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z The demanding voice of the black lobby should be in the ears of every legislator who votes on any issue. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, they got hold of him last night on his way home from the rail yard. He voted yesterday morning, and those men didn’t like that, so they...” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Why did women in the West win the vote so far in advance of those in the rest of the nation? 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z But at the end of the night, it would all depend on how the school board voted. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z “No, you don’t have to vote. I refuse my nomination.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z So, roughly speaking, the typical contestant will vote to eliminate the worse players in the early rounds and the better players in the later rounds. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z The family completely ignored my mom’s request and chattered among themselves about what would happen if Wilfrido won the vote. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z A member of Parliament, arguing against the stamp tax, said that the colonists, who had no representatives in Parliament, were being burdened with a tax they had not voted on. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “But unfortunately for you, a god’s vote counts twice. And as I voted against, we are tied.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z On Friday, the policemen voted to return to work under the same conditions that existed before their walkout. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z He overhauled ethics rules governing White House employees’ interactions with lobbyists and, most important, managed to push a major economic stimulus bill through Congress, even though not a single House Republican voted in its favor. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “I vote no as well,” Chiron put in. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “Thanks for that vote of confidence,” I say, frowning. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z The mayor had no authority to go against the city council’s vote to let the Fugees use the field for six months. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z One congressman opposed having a fair at all and out of sheer cussedness voted for Cumberland Gap. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z But it's somebody, and I vote for the nurse. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I tell her that I do not think a history of the Pledge of Allegiance or an analysis of the First Amendment is going to win many votes. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z People had voted for James Garfield, never expecting Arthur to inherit the office. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z On February 26, it passed the full House, by a vote of 55-20. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z After I finished voting, I returned to my car and got stuck at a red light next to a rowdy group of Iranian protesters and shah supporters. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Forty-eight states and the District of Columbia prohibit people from voting while incarcerated for a felony offense. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Elena, too, had mellowed: of course she still donated to charity and voted Democrat, but so many years of comfortable suburban living had changed both of them. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Nothing remains except for us to vote what support we can give the quest—transportation, money, magic, weapons.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z I’m changing my vote to “not guilty.” 3RD JUROR: You’re what? 7TH JUROR: You heard me. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z I was trying to remember everything I’d learned in history about elections and voting. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z It was likely that multiple candidates would run in the primary, which meant that Barack would only need to command a plurality of the vote to win the Democratic nomination. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Might white voters lie to pollsters, claiming they will vote for the black candidate in order to appear more color-blind than they actually are? Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z And the voting rights of African Americans in the South were restricted until President Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Drake’s vote, along with the votes of millions of other people labeled felons, might have made a real difference in 2004. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “My family has plans this weekend. Can’t we just vote now and get it done?” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z They were rounded up by the millions, packed away in prisons, and when released, they were stigmatized for life, denied the right to vote, and ushered into a world of discrimination. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z He marched up and plunked down two big clay voting bowls in front of Leah. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The all-white jury promptly returned, however, when Democratic conservatives sought to “redeem” the South by stripping blacks of their right to vote and their right to serve on juries. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The crime bill had failed to pass the state legislature, losing by five votes. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Some Keepers seemed to actually agree with Minho’s recommendation—like Frypan, who clapped to drown out Gaily, clamoring to take a vote. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Mrs. Reilly had also voted for the Truman woman standing before her Victorian house in Independence, Missouri, and not specifically for Harry Truman. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z On the day we cast votes for team captain, Coach Nat made us write down the reason behind our picks. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z "I vote for her," Jane says as soon as the girl gets to the second Mary. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z “Jennings showed more smiles when referring to the Republican candidate than the Democrat,” Mullen said, “and again in a phone survey, viewers who watch ABC were more likely to have voted for Bush.” The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z With six full suffrage states and two million female voters, there already existed a readymade voting bloc with the potential to influence state and national elections. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z First came a huge delegation of women from countries that had already granted women the right to vote. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z In France, there was no Parliament or Congress; no one expected to be able to protect his rights by voting. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z He’d written his remarks over the course of a couple of weeks, working on them in between Illinois senate votes. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The Blue Team carries the vote with capture the flag. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z This vote, for me, was more fraught than any other we’d gone through. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The meeting to discuss and vote on the petition began in the orderly, careful way such meetings had always been handled. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z For some reason, despite the demonstrable support of the strike vote among the force, he was absolutely certain that most of the police would remain loyal to him and stay on the job. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Ragen’s Colts and other athletic clubs pulled out all the stops for the Democrat, getting out the immigrant vote. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z She didn’t answer and I just knew the destination wasn’t going to be put to a vote. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z There was a singing contest to determine the worst singer, and the votes overwhelmingly went to the Boss. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z We stood shoulder to shoulder at our voting stations while the girls leaned in closely to watch what each of us was doing. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z He lived during the Jim Crow era—when black men were considered free, but were barred from voting in elections, living where they wanted, or getting the same education or services as whites. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z With the protection of federal troops, African Americans began to vote in large numbers and seize control, in some areas, of the local political apparatus. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “If it were on top of the hill everyone could see it. I vote for keeping it well hidden where it is.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z African Americans line up to register as voters at the Dallas County Courthouse during the 1965 Selma, Alabama, voting rights campaign. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Aristide walked away with 67 percent of the vote and wasted no time promising to deal with the vast inequalities of his country. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Can grow up learning and voting and walking and riding wherever we want. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z But he wouldn’t vote for such a law, arguing that it was just another example of the government sticking its nose into people’s business. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Male citizens of age, who were entitled and expected to vote in the general assembly, made up no more than a quarter of the total adult population. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z He called for a vote to set aside the decision until the fall, which would mean women would not be able to vote in that year’s election. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z He vowed to protect the voting rights of Blacks in the South. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Woodhull said that because the first section of the Fourteenth Amendment made no reference to sex, then women also enjoyed the “privileges and immunities” of national citizenship, including the right to vote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z These advantages included the right to vote, better housing conditions, far better schools, and access to different types of employment. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z The deciding votes came from the Quakers, among Philadelphia’s most prosperous and pious citizens, who did not want to see a “grogshop man fixed in the Senate.” An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z I run after Ford and Sam, trying to vote for the tree I like best. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z He actually voted to stay, even though his throat wobbled in the middle, and he went outside right after and disappeared down the road. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z By the end of the roll call, James Abram Garfield had won enough votes to become the Republican Party's nominee, beating out Grant, Blaine, and Sherman. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z She most often got them leniency, and they always brought in the vote. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I did not go into that voting station alone on April 27; I was casting my vote with all of them. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I've learned not to take democracy or my vote for granted, especially having seen how elections brought on tumultuous times in Iran. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Even those who knew they were eligible to register worried that registering to vote would somehow attract attention to them—perhaps land them back in jail. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z I just wish more people had turned out to vote. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The membership voted against supporting the principle of educated suffrage. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Almost alone among politicians of the South, Mayor Hartsfield has not sunk to the level of winning votes at the Negro’s expense. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Even though women had the vote, there were still many who believed a woman’s place was in the home, and for a colored woman with few options, that meant taking care of someone else’s home. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z That was a moment, a joyous moment, beyond the Dream—a moment imbued by a power more gorgeous than any voting rights bill. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z The measure failed, but the vote was a small victory in its own right. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z They voted with their feet, betting their new lives that the social and economic changes brought about by the four-year conflict would last. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z “Mom! They voted me class president. The kids in my class! Not the teacher. The kids did!” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z Stone argued that a federal amendment would be easier to obtain once women showed that they could manage the vote on a state level. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The key to measuring the Weakest Link voting data is to tease out a contestant’s playing ability from his race, gender, and age. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z As I covered the clean tile floors with gentle flop- pings of wet mop, I prayed under my breath for the people who had tried to vote. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Research indicates that a large number of close elections would have come out differently if people with felony records had been allowed to vote, including at least seven senatorial races between 1980 and 2000. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z If we want to discuss first and then vote, that’s one way. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Almost all of the countries that place some restrictions on voting in prison are in Eastern Europe, part of the former Communist bloc. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z I always go with my dad when he votes. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z She would totally rock but poor Obama would certainly lose the independent vote, even the undecided Democrat vote. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z In other words, there needed to be an official estimate of the specific amount each state would have “assumed” and then be obliged to pay in federal taxes before the vote on assumption occurred. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z She said that women had “stood with the black man for half a century” and should get the vote at the same time. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z In 1957, the Africanists had called for a vote of no confidence in the Transvaal executive at the national conference, but had been defeated. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Use your head. When they vote, they vote in blocs.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Women did not have the right to vote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Because city council members are elected by the citizens of the county, members would take these opinions into consideration before voting. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z The mayor voted on the winner, and that church got bragging rights for a whole year. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Men can enlist in the service at eighteen but cannot vote until age twenty-one. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z In high school, she could’ve been voted most likely to talk too much. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “I could tell. Don’t worry. You did a really good job. I’m going to vote for Coo.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z But if her freedom came down to a vote...She smiled at Lord Urizen, who looked away. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He and Eric went on CNN.com to read about the House of Representatives’ vote and even discussed it for an hour or two. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In the United States, by contrast, voting disqualification upon release from prison is automatic, with no legitimate purpose, and affects millions. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z It can even be the smart-alecky comments that got me voted Most Likely to Wind Up in Jail in my middle school the last two years running. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z She also may have felt ambivalent about the suffrage issue because she was a Quaker; many Quakers refused to vote because they did not want to participate in a government that waged war. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z For an African American living in the Deep South in the 1960s, voting was not just a forbidden act, it was a dangerous act. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Members of both parties cast their votes at precinct-level meetings—caucuses—in the middle of winter, and the whole nation paid attention. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z A secret vote was then taken between the two, and Odysseus got the arms. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “But as all twelve of us have voted —” Hagrid leapt to his feet, his shaggy black head grazing the ceiling. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z I marked an X in the box next to the letters ANC and then slipped my folded ballot paper into a simple wooden box; I had cast the first vote of my life. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He wanted to get back to Pyongyang in time to vote in the August election for the Supreme People’s Assembly, the rubber stamp parliament of North Korea. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Hundreds of music listeners end up voting on particular songs, and over the years the rating systems have become extraordinarily sophisticated. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Alice Paul’s Woman Suffrage Parade, however, would be the first national effort calling for a constitutional amendment granting women the right to vote. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z By the spring of 1920, thirty-five states had ratified the 19th Amendment, and eight states—Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Delaware—had voted against ratification. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Gay had been very nice to the sheriff who wasn’t a man to forget it, particularly because election was coming up and Gay could, or said he could, swing quite a few votes. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Pro-Japan forces were trying to organize a NO NO vote by blocks, in massive resistance. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Then Judge Rives said to Johnson, “Frank, you’re the junior judge here. You vote first. What do you think?” Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z Without the right to vote, women could not change unjust laws or initiate political change. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z We could choose to be a nation that extends care, compassion, and concern to those who are locked up and locked out or headed for prison before they are old enough to vote. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Even people who despise Hitler have voted for Nazis, believing that the Nazis are the best protection from Communists. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z The two were with a group of new ones who had a place apart, since they could not vote. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z And the very notion that a candidate should openly solicit votes violated the principled presumption that such behavior itself represented a confession of unworthiness for national office. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Perhaps if he had known what those men in town were capable of, he never would have done something so dangerous as vote. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z After considerable wrangling, it turned out that the Lord Mayor was not entitled to vote on the appointment, and in 1665 Hooke took over the post, which he retained for the rest of his life. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z After all, Djo, the whole reason those people came out to vote was to make things different. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I peeked when we were raising our hands for voting, and I only got one vote, and that was from me. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z A prominent leader of this elite black middle class was even quoted in a Johannesburg daily as saying that he didn’t believe many blacks wanted one person, one vote in South Africa. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z His father was barred from voting by poll taxes and literacy tests. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “All righty, then. Let’s put it to a vote! All y’all who want to elect Adina team leader, raise your hands.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “Maybe when the African American’s father was not allowed to vote because he was black, the Ugandan’s father was running for parliament or studying at Oxford,” Ifemelu said. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I voted in elections that didn’t end in protests. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Surely, Anthony reasoned, one of those privileges was voting. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z “Some people don’t like Mexicans and wouldn’t vote for them either.” Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z The committees voted 31–1 in favor of the resolution, with only Morse opposing. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The school board voted to change the school name over the summer. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The outrage about Guiteau boosted support for activists who had been working for years to reform the system, and the reformers gained enough votes in Congress to pass a bill. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Both Stanton and Anthony strongly objected to illiterate black men getting the vote before educated white women. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Wimmer says that Clark asked him, “What will it take to make this work for you? What can I do to get your vote? What do I need to do to make this palatable?” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The Civil Rights Act of 1964 formally dismantled the Jim Crow system of discrimination in public accommodations, employment, voting, education, and federally financed activities. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z You are no longer eligible for food stamps; you may be discriminated against in employment; you cannot vote for at least twelve years; and you are about to be evicted from public housing. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Far worse was to occur, and soon, but as of February 14, 1890, the day of the great fair vote, the partners seemed destined for a lifetime of success. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z This was recommended at the annual conference in Durban in December of 1954, but the delegates rejected the recommendation and voted for an indefinite boycott. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He added that Congress remained free to impose federal oversight on states where voting rights were at risk, but must do so on the basis of current conditions. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z The seventh congressman to vote was Harry Burn, twenty-four, the youngest member of the legislature. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The bantustan system was nevertheless instituted; the voters had opposed it, but participated in it simply by voting. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z That’s mandatory. 4TH JUROR: I think we all know that. 3RD JUROR: Come on, let’s vote. 10TH JUROR: Yeah, let’s see who’s where. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Colonial societies could not become too oppressive, because their members—surrounded by examples of free life—always had the option to vote with their feet. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z After each round, every contestant votes to eliminate one other contestant. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z He’d probably be voted “Best Dressed” or something dumb like that, and if he wanted to, he’d have a fair shot at prom king. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The conference unanimously voted to initiate a massive countrywide antipass campaign beginning March 31 and climaxing on June 26 with a great bonfire of passes. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The suffragists complained that the referendum wasn’t binding, and the antis complained that they were expected to vote in order to show that they didn’t want the vote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z “I am so not voting for her,” Tiara said. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z The movement was dividing into two groups—one that made voting rights for black men the priority and another that demanded that female suffrage also be considered—and this disagreement changed the relationships among advocates. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Jem had been voted Most Handsome in the senior class, a reasonable assessment: he had his mother’s calflike brown eyes, the heavy Finch eyebrows, and even features. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Our session voted to begin the evening at a nearby Hooters; later, back at “800-block,” as one instructor had nicknamed the Hojo building with room numbers in the eight hundreds, matters escalated considerably. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Shortly after Tingey, the insurance man, concluded, the committee took up a vote. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z She said that voting in the election meant supporting a regime that sent young girls to be sex slaves in Dubai. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Happersett decision said that the Constitution did not give citizens the right to vote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Now you have changed your vote because you say you’re sick of all the talking here. 7TH JUROR: Listen, buddy— 11TH JUROR: YOU have no right to play like this with a man’s life. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z It all came down to this: a single man, a single vote, a single question. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z “The Fourteenth Amendment gives no right to a woman to vote, and the voting by Miss Anthony was in violation of the law,” he said. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z He’d beaten out seven primary opponents and earned more than half the vote to win the nomination. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z It contains a county map of Texas with complex voter demographic breakdowns, matched up with the populations of children of undocumented immigrants, unregistered voters who are legal residents, voting patterns over the last twenty years. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z And then go ahead and vote our principles—conservative.” Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z If he intended to vote, he had something like forty-eight hours to get back to Springfield. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Not a man in town thought it mattered a hoot about women voting, and only two ladies went to the first women’s suffrage meeting Miss Love set up. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “And so the $60,000 was voted as a matter of faith.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z A federal court order limited the number of marchers to three hundred along the two-lane stretch across Lowndes County, where four out of five residents were black and not one was registered to vote. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z “The racists see before them something more than voting rights,” observed Elizabeth Hardwick, a New York writer who joined the march. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she likes to look at who the school voted “Best-Looking” on the award pages and see if she's right. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z One thing was clear: Neither Congress nor the federal courts were ready to grant women the right to vote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Ten days before the vote, Mr. de Klerk and I held our single television debate. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “As you know, we ran out of time on Monday, and we weren’t able to vote on a topic,” she says. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z “I thought you wanted women to get the vote, Miss Love.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Some antisuffrage newspapers actually warned that many women, when faced with making a voting decision, would actually faint in the voting booth. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z “Assuming that Miss Anthony believed she had a right to vote, that fact constitutes no defense if in truth she had not the right.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Well, why were they dumb enough to vote for Leah anyway, is what I asked Nelson. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The teachers who’d counted the votes certainly didn’t think it was such a good idea. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z “The Assembly has voted that there should be no unclaimed land left in all Hartford County.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z The matter was put to a vote and the reluctant Blair lost, three to one. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Stanton felt that if women did not win the right to vote at this time, it could be decades before they would have another chance. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Oliver had lived to see the prisoners released and the exiles return, but he had not lived to cast his vote in a free and democratic South Africa. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Ninety percent of Durham’s black voters cast their ballots for Grabarek, handing the new mayor his slim margin of victory with their 2,418 votes. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “I’m going to hold a sit-in tomorrow morning in front of the restaurant. Before the vote.” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z A significant number of the people in attendance had been shocked by the proposal that women should have the right to vote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z I know a lot of friends got the same cases like I got, not able to vote. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The night the Boggs Ferry town council was supposed to vote on this amendment, there had been the first cuco attacks. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z I’d seen how just a handful of votes in every precinct could mean the difference not just between one candidate and another but between one value system and the next. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z She stuck to the argument that in a democracy, women must have the right to vote, noting that female suffrage “serves the highest interest of the country.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Women used to be denied the vote; now they have it. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The vote was close, but he thought he saw a path to the 270 electoral votes needed for victory. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z I thought of the lady dressed in pink, to celebrate the voting. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The scene in the Tennessee State Capitol as the clerk tallied the votes on the suffrage question. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z There would be time for that later, she told herself, after women had won the right to vote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z This ended up splitting Republican votes between Roosevelt and Taft, which allowed the Democratic hopeful, Woodrow Wilson, to win the election. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z Even so, Selma’s white voting registrars rejected most black applicants. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z They claimed he had been paid $10,000 to change his vote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The final vote occasioned great celebration among those who had worked so hard to bring it to fruition. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Jo’s funny hat deserved a vote of thanks, for it was of general utility. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z A Provisional Government took the place of imperial rule in Petrograd and granted equality in law to Russian women, giving women the right to vote and to hold office. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z You know you have the votes before you go to the floor, but it’s still difficult because anything could happen. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Several months later, three hundred suffragists in Oakland, California, marched to a state political convention demanding the right to vote. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z NM: Africans have no vote in this country? Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He tried not to avoid any members of the committee, even if he thought they were going to vote no. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The issue was taken up at a meeting of the National Executive Committee and my view was voted down, even by those who were considered staunch African nationalists. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The pro-republic sentiment won with 52 percent of the vote, and the proclamation of the republic was set for May 31,1961. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z WITNESS: They have got no vote as far as Parliament is concerned. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Lyra heard the Master say quietly, “If he forces a vote, we could try to invoke the residence clause. He hasn’t been resident in the College for thirty weeks out of the last fifty-two.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z He remained in the army, helping to implement Reconstruction policies that guaranteed the black vote. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z In the end, I polled 7,199 votes and lost to the daughter of the queen. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Adams foresaw a very close electoral vote, perhaps even a tie with Jefferson, which would then throw the election into the House of Representatives. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z In Parliament, Helen Suzman, the representative of the liberal Progressive Party, cast the lone vote against the act. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Every time we put a slash through one of those names, it’s like we’re casting a vote for our own party. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z Mott knew that at the time, no nation on earth recognized women’s right to vote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Even as the army was being disbanded, much to Adams’s credit and relief, the cost of raising it landed on the voting public. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z The thing to do was to be prepared—as my grandfather had been when it was demanded that he quote the entire United States Constitution as a test of his fitness to vote. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “Ahem, er, Matthias; I’m sorry about what happened yesterday. As you can see, we’ve decided by majority vote to come along with you.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z They counted that one as one vote for both artists. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Jackie Robinson was voted “Rookie of the Year” by The Sporting News. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z If that comes, my wife votes like I do, otherwise I’ll break her neck. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s why I had been voted captain this year, even though I was only a junior. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z At the end we voted on which hut had given the best performance, and the kids gave due consideration to the juggling acts, the joke-tellers, the card tricks, and me. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z And President Lyndon B. Johnson had held a press conference to deliver a statement in support of voting rights. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z “It is not the less true, however, that I do sincerely wish to be second on the vote rather than first.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z A group of these white-collar men sent a letter to the editor of a local newspaper, urging black workers to vote against the union. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z By the end of election night, it was clear that although he had garnered less than 38 percent of the vote, Thompson had been elected. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Okay, so as we know, Amendment S was supposed to be voted on last night,” Seven said. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z The politics of respectability made sense to many black reformers during the Jim Crow era, since African Americans had no vote, could not change policy, and lived under the constant threat of the Klan. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Native American men and women were both largely excluded from voting in settlers’ elections because settlers didn’t recognize them as citizens. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Nodding, the witness answered, “I told them under normal conditions I would probably be averse to it. But with the magnitude of this crime I could probably vote in favor.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Kansas voters did not face a choice between voting rights for black men or white women; both groups could have won the right to vote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Along with devoting herself to campaigning for a ban on alcoholic beverages, Willard was also a strong advocate of women’s right to vote and an eight-hour workday. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Before the election, Banda’s thugs had even attempted to scare people into voting for him again. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z When I walk into a voting booth, I tell myself that this right came amid many sacrifices. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Many of our voters were illiterate, and were likely to be intimidated by the mere idea of voting. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Jackson was an army veteran who had tried five times to register to vote, without success. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Students voted all day Friday and that afternoon the results came in: Paul and I had won. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z In 1869, the women’s suffrage movement experienced its first victory: The territory of Wyoming became the first US jurisdiction to grant women the right to vote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Crossing the back porch, I heard Rosaleen say to him, “Have you registered yourself to vote?” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Former slaves, it was argued, were too illiterate to exercise the vote responsibly, and were ill-prepared for the duties of public office. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z It was funny and fun, quirky, and just cool enough to get the votes they needed. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Another popular antisuffrage argument stated that giving women the right to vote would threaten the family structure. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z There were charges, as well, of vote fraud and vote rigging. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A woman couldn’t vote in those days but the politicians knew that the women of Brooklyn had a great influence on their men. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Israel won that election by a slim margin of 38 votes out of 4,010 cast. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z In November of 1998, it voted to give that prestigious award to me and the eight other black students who integrated Central High School in Little Rock. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Workers were striking all over England, fighting wage cuts and demanding the right to vote. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t think enough people would vote for her. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Anthony had been accused of breaking a law that prohibited willful and knowing illegal voting; she argued that she didn’t break the law because she believed her ballot was legal. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The men politely explained that women were not allowed to vote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z “How many of us are registered to vote? How many are brave enough to try?” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z On August 20, two weeks after the president signed the act, Gager Lee, whose father had been sold in a slave market, registered to vote. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z The rest of the afternoon consisted of more discussion, arguments, and votes about policy. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “Now everyone keep their bloody mouths shut, I mean it. You know the rules—no idea’s unacceptable—and you’ll all have your say when we vote on it.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z As a final insult, the group voted to change its name from the Women’s State Temperance Society to the People’s League. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z To me, not voting is not right; it led to a lot of frustration, a lot of anger. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Many more delegates switched their votes to Garfield. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z NM: No, a man looks at a man who will be able to best present his point of view and votes for that man. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Arturo, the city owns the property. And the city board members will vote.” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Seven explained her theory to her father: Someone was using the cucos, or working with them, to sabotage the vote to help Spares. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Voters in Montana gave women the right to vote in 1914. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z It was estimated that about 400,000 African Americans in the state were eligible to vote but still unregistered, the majority in and around Chicago. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The electoral vote split along sectional lines, Adams carrying New England and Jefferson the South. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z By the late 1880s, thousands of women had become suffragists, and women could vote in some school board and local elections across the country. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z After hearing the community, the city council voted and a new ordinance was passed. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Soon after the Army-McCarthy hearings were over, the US Senate voted to censure McCarthy for having charged so many people falsely. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Many African American women joined these widespread clubs and participated in what amounted to a grassroots campaign to gain the vote. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z “He needs you. This literacy center is going to get him more votes for the next election, but only if people attend it.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Mama criticized the party and told Johnny he was throwing his vote away. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Me and Maxwell Smitherman here come to sign up to vote.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z An emergency election was thrown together and Paylor was voted in as president. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Everyone will get a chance to vote for a president. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z “I bet you got a lot of votes, though,” he said. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z The justices voted to hear the case right away. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The formal vote on the proposal would be made at the April 12 board meeting, but as the majority of voters could be expected to follow Whitney’s lead, his opinion was everything. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Given this formidable array of bad luck, poor timing, and the highly focused political strategy of his Republican enemies, Adams actually did surprisingly well when all the votes were counted. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z |
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