There are four amendments to the U.S. Constitution about who can vote. Describe one of them.
Citizens eighteen (18) and older (can vote).
This comes from the 26th Amendment, added in 1971. It lowered the voting age from 21 to 18, influenced by debates during the Vietnam War about being old enough to serve in the military but not vote.
You don’t have to pay (a poll tax) to vote.
For many years, some states charged a fee called a poll tax before people could vote, which kept many poor and Black citizens from voting. The 24th Amendment made poll taxes illegal in federal elections to protect voting rights. This was part of the larger civil rights movement to make elections fairer.
Any citizen can vote. (Women and men can vote.)
This refers to the 19th Amendment, passed in 1920, which guaranteed women the right to vote nationwide. It expanded voting rights so that being a woman could not be used as a reason to deny a citizen the ballot.
A male citizen of any race (can vote).
This comes from the 15th Amendment, added after the Civil War. It said states could not deny the right to vote because of race, color, or because someone had been enslaved, which protected voting rights for men of all races at the time. Women were not included until later, with the 19th Amendment.