Happy birthday, voting!
by maryperth
“The right of the 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.”
– Section 1 of Amendment XIX of the U.S. Constitution
For the next 30 minutes, in my timezone, it is still 26 August 2010, making it – again, for the next 30 minutes – still the 90th anniversary of the (certification by the Secretary of State of the) nineteenth amendment of the Constitution.
Happy birthday, Amendment XIX! We love you!
According to the Wikipedia page on the amendment, this is the information for the states nearest to my little amendment-ratification-lovin’ heart:
Pennsylvania ratified on 24 June 1919.
New Hampshire ratified on 10 September 1919.
North Carolina, oddly/sadly, only ratified on 6 May 1971. I’m hoping this is a Wiki error (they are not unknown), because it is sad times.
