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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.
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Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punish-ment for crime whereof the partyshall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
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The congress and the several states shall have con current power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
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The right of citizens of the United Staes to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any state on account of sex.
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All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside.
