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Costitution Ratified: All white, land owning males could vote.
All white, land owning males could vote. -
Religious Qualifications Dropped: Last of all religious requirements to vote were terminated
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Property Requirements Dropped: Having the ownership of property and taxes eliminated.
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15th Amendment: Former slaves given the rights to vote and protects the rights of all male voters of any background
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19th Amendment: Woman's sufferage is passed
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23rd Amendment: Voters in the District of Columbia to participate in the presidential elections
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24th Amendment: abolish poll taxes as a requirement to vote
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Votings Rights Act of 1965: minorities have the right to vote; no pre-requirements to be eligable to vote.
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26th Amendment: Allows people of the ages 18 and older to vote