At the Founding of America Only Property Owners Could Vote Early American voters were required to be property owners. If a person did not own property, they could not vote. This practice by the founders of this nation is viewed in both a positive and negative light by today’s observers. It is argued that such a practice is hardly one that portrays freedom to all people, nor shows that the Founding Fathers believed that all men were created equal. Since women could not own property, nor could slaves, and most newcomers and the poor could not afford to own property,... View Article