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The majority of the constitutional delegates approved a number of controversial documents.
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Any white man who owns land can vote
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Congress took away the last property requirements for voting which was based on religion
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Any man, black or white or even slave owners can vote.
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This guaranteed women the right to vote.
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Allowed the District of Columbia the right to vote.
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Prohibits both Congress and the states from conditioning the right to vote in federal elections on payment of a poll tax or other types of tax.
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The Voting Rights Act bans racial discrimination in voting practices by the federal government as well as by state and local governments.
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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.
