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| WHAT THE CONSTITUTION SAYS |
15th Amendment
1. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not
be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
This Amendment was
ratified on March 30, 1870. 19th Amendment
1. The right of the citizens
of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.
2. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
This Amendment was ratified on June
4th, 1919.
23rd Amendment
1. The District constituting the seat of Government of the
United States shall appoint in such manner as the Congress may direct: A number of electors of President and Vice President
equal to the whole number of Senators and Representatives in Congress to which the District would be entitled if it were a
State, but in no event more than the least populous State; they shall be in addition to those appointed by the States, but
they shall be considered, for the purposes of the election of President and Vice President, to be electors appointed by a
State; and they shall meet in the District and perform such duties as provided by the twelfth article of amendment.
2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
This Amendment was ratified on
March 29, 1961.
24th Amendment
1. The right of citizens of the United States to vote
in any primary or other election for President or Vice President, for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator
or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State by reason of failure to pay
any poll tax or other tax.
2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
This Amendment was ratified on January 23, 1964.
26th Amendment
1. 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.
2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
This Amendment was ratified on July 1, 1971.
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