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How the vote grew

Six amendments that changed who votes and how leaders are chosen.

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1. 1Race (1870)Bars denying the vote because of race or color.Fifteenth Amendment: Voting and race · 1 min
2. 2Electing senators (1913)Voters, not state legislatures, now choose senators.Seventeenth Amendment: Electing senators · 1 min
3. 3Sex (1920)Bars denying the vote because of sex.Nineteenth Amendment: Women's right to vote · 1 min
4. 4Washington, D.C. (1961)D.C. residents get electoral votes for president.Twenty-third Amendment: D.C. votes for President · 1 min
5. 5Poll taxes (1964)Bans fees to vote in federal elections.Twenty-fourth Amendment: No poll taxes · 1 min
6. 6Age 18 (1971)Lowers the voting age to 18.Twenty-sixth Amendment: Voting at 18 · 1 min