Stages of the American Electorate

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  • 15th Amendment

    Constitution granted African American men the right to vote.

  • 19th Amendment

    This gives women the right to vote in 1920/

  • 23rd Amendment

    This gives residents of Washinton DC the right to vote for representations in Electoral college.

  • 24th amendment

    This is where citizens in some states had to pay a fee in order to vote in the national election: called poll taxes. States included: Virgina, Mississippi, Alabama, Texas, Arkansas.

  • Abolished of religious tests

    No federal office holder or employee can be required to accept any particular religion.

  • 26th Amendment

    This is where the rights of the citizens of the United States, who are 18 years of age or older, to vote and shall not be denied.