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+==Online Resources==
+*'''1866-1955''': [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/60875/ Arizona, Voter Registrations, 1866-1955] at Ancestry.com - index and images ($)
-== Online Resources ==
+==Voting Rights History==
+*'''By 1856''': Universal white male suffrage<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Timeline of voting rights in the United States," in "Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia,"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_voting_rights_in_the_United_States, accessed 2 February 2020.</ref>
-*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=60875 Arizona, Voter Registrations, 1874-1932], index, ($)
+*'''1870''': The 15th Amendment is passed and prohibits restricting suffrage based on race<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Black suffrage," in "Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia," https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_suffrage#United_States, accessed 2 February 2020.</ref>
+*'''1912''': Women are given the right to vote<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Women's suffrage in the United States," in "Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia," https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_suffrage_in_the_United_States, accessed 2 February 2020.</ref>
-To make it easier for election officials, voting registers were often arranged alphabetically by the names of citizens eligible to vote. In addition to the name and address of the voter, these may contain naturalization information and date and place of birth. There was no poll tax on persons eligible to vote in Arizona. <br>
+==What Can be Found in the Records==
+For more information about how Voter Records can help your genealogical research see [[United States Voting Records|United States Voting Records]].<br>
-=== Researching Arizona Voting Records ===
+'''Voting records often contain''':
+*Name
-The county recorders' offices in [[Arizona Genealogy|Arizona]] have voting registers kept since the 1870s. These are sometimes called “Great Registers” and include residence, naturalization, and place of origin. (For Miracopa County there are 41 Family History Library films starting with {{FHL|319562|title-id|disp=1405007}}.)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
+*Birth place
+*Residence
-[[Category:Arizona, United States|Voting]]
+*Years living in city, county, state
+*Whether naturalized, date, court <br>
+==How to Find Voter Records==
+Most voter records were kept on the county level (for New England states this should be town level). To see what FamilySearch has for your county (town) of research follow these steps:
+*Go to the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog FamilySearch Catalog] and in the place field type in Arizona
+*Go to United States, Arizona
+*Once there, click on "Places within United States, Arizona"
+*Select the county that contains your town of interest
+*If FamilySearch has voter records for your county, they will be under "Voting Registers"
+==References==
+{{reflist}}
+[[Category:Arizona, United States]] [[Category:Voting_Registers]]