You had--I mistakenly responded before catching up with the list. I had
been away for a couple of days, and didn't realize until hastily
responding that I was answering a day-old post. Also, after I responded
I found a little time to look up the answer on Wikipedia.
Just kidding...
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As I noted earlier (I thought to the list but maybe not), voting was
entirely a state matter before the 15th Amendment and mostly until the
Voting Rights Act of 1965. In the 19th century many states allowed
immigrants to vote if they were intending to become citizens
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Well, I'm assuming that Taney might have thought those states were
making a mistake. But, while voting is now restricted to citizens, that
was not always the case. I'm just answering this off the top of my head,
but I'm thinking that in the 1850s "citizenship" wasn't yet defined as a
requirement.
Kirk Johnson
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Help Please--How can you vote if you are not a citizen?
On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 3:33 PM, Finkelman, Paul <
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> Rather, Taney said that "blacks" could not sue even if they were free
> people. He asserts that even in Massachusetts, Vermont, or other
> states where blacks could vote (and hold office) they could not be
> citizens of the United States
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