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Only white male adult property owners have the right to vote.
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Last religious prerquisite for voting is eleminated.
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Most white males could vote because property and tax requirements were dropped. Connecticut adopts a literacy test.
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15th amendnment is passed and gives former slaves the righ to vote and protects the voting rights of male citizens of any race.
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19th amendment guarantees women the right to vote.
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Allows voters of the District of Columbia to participate in presidential elections.
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Bans he poll tax as a requirement for voting in federal elections.
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Protects the rights of minority voters and eliminates voting barriers such as literacy tests. The act was expanded nd renewed in 1970, 1975, and 1982.
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Sets minimum voting age to 18.