Voting Rights in the United States

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    Voting Rights in the United States

  • CONSTITUTION IS RATIFIED:All white male adults that owned land could vote.

    All white male adults that owned land could vote.
  • RELIGIOUS QUALIFICATIONS DROPPED:The last religious prerequisite for voting had been eliminated

  • PROPERTY REQUIREMENTS DROPPED:Tax requirements and property ownership had been eliminated, and almost all white males could vote

  • 15Tth AMENDMENT: The rights of US citizens to vote can not be denied

  • 19th AMENDMENT:Womens' suffrage was guaranteed

  • 23rd AMENDMENT:Allows the people of Washington D.C. to vote in preseidential elections

  • 24th AMENDMENT:Poll taxing was banned as a requirement

  • VOTING RIGHTS ACT OF 1965:Protects minority voters and eliminates voting barriers.

  • 26th AMENDMENT:18 becomes minimum voting age