A long way for voting rights in America

A long way for voting rights in America
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(November, 2012)
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Introduction  PAGEREF _Toc341522529 \h
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History of voting rights  PAGEREF _Toc341522531 \h
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Major cases  PAGEREF _Toc341522533 \h
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i. The Baker verse Carr case of 1962  PAGEREF _Toc341522534 \h
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ii. The Bush Verse Gore case of 2000  PAGEREF _Toc341522535 \h
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iii. The Johnson Verses DeGrandy case of 1994  PAGEREF _Toc341522536 \h
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The way forward  PAGEREF _Toc341522537 \h
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Conclusion  PAGEREF _Toc341522540 \h
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Introduction
Democracy is built on the foundations of voting. America has been the champion of democracy over the years and we have seen her imposing a lot of sanctions on the countries that do not respect humanity and their rights. It is also known to be the mother of democracy today. However, throughout American history we have seen essential American people voices on this important human right. The women, the young citizens and African American people stood still and risked their lives for the sake of acquiring this fundamental human right. In the election of 2008 a record was set when the voter turnover of the blacks and whites almost closed the gap that has been there for centuries (Neubauer & Meinhold, 2010).
History of voting rights
It is true that for any American who was born after the 1960s revolution may have hard time to believe that it was hard work for the American at that time to stand for their rights. In some areas like Alabama and most of the southern parts of American hostility and violence was everywhere. It is within record that the Eugene Connor, the police commissioner of Birmingham ordered the police to open fire hoses on the aggressive youth who never retreated back; they where to see a free American nation, nothing more nothing less. In the same town a bomb was planted in a church that had the people who were crying for the vote and four children were killed including 11 year old good friend by then of the former secretary of state, Condolence Rice (Menez & Vile, 2003).
These incidents shocked the entire world; the intimidating of the black people and the killing of the innocent children. The in 1965 the civil society led my great American people like Martin Luther king junior and other were all over the streets demanding what belonged to them; their right to vote. Although they had staged a peaceful demonstration they were met by a strong force from th...