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Abolishment of Property Restrictions
1850, the previous property ownership requirements were elminated and almost all white males were able to vote, you did not have to hace property. -
15th Amendment
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. -
19th Amendment
The right of the citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.
Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. -
23rd Amendment
The twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution which permits the District of Columbia to choose Electors for President and Vice President. -
24th Amendment
The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President, for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
The Voting Rights act of 1965 empowered the federal government to oversee voter registration and elections in counties that had used tests to determine voter eligibility. It was also given power where registration or turnout had been less than 50 percent in the 1964 presidential election and it banned discriminatory literacy tests and expanded voting rights for non-English speaking Americans. -
Amendment 26
The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age.
