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When the Constitution was ratified, voting rights were determined by the State Legislatures. At this time, only adult (over 21) white men who owned property and paid taxes could vote. This was only about 6% of the population.
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Beginning in 1828, Jackson democracy expanded suffrage to adult white men who did not own property.
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