In this lesson, we looked at the way that the right to vote has progressed throughout American history. Originally delegated to the states to decide, suffrage has proven to be controversial and required constitutional amendments to ensure that all people are treated fairly. These include the Reconstruction Amendments, which gave the right to vote regardless of race, the Nineteenth Amendment, which gave women the vote, and the Twenty-third and Twenty-Sixth Amendments, which expanded voting to specific populations. However, voter ID laws and felony voting remain controversial issues to this day.