The 23rd amendment gave Washington, D.C. the right to vote for electors, who cast votes for the president and vice president in the electoral college. Prior to that they could not vote for the president and vice president since Washington, D.C. is not a state.
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The 23rd amendment.
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There wasn't any that only prohibited race. The right for blacks to vote came before the right for women to vote.
The 19th amendment was passed giving the right to vote.
bill of rights
Amendment #15: Any man can vote no matter what race Amendment #17: Senators are elected by popular vote Amendment #19: Woman's Suffrage Amendment #24: Got rid of Poll Tax Amendment #26: Voting age can be no lower than 18
Four different constitutional amendments extended voting rights to various groups:Fifteenth Amendment: Prohibited discrimination by race (applied primarily to African-American males), ratified in 1870.Nineteenth Amendment: Granted women's suffrage (right to vote), ratified in 1920.Twenty-third Amendment: Allowed citizens residing in the District of Columbia the right to vote in presidential elections, ratified in 1961.Twenty-sixth Amendment: Reduced the minimum voting age from 21 to 18, allowing younger people the right to vote, ratified in 1971.
The Twenty Third.
The Twenty Third.
The 19th amendment gives the right to vote to women.
The 23rd amendment , ratified 1961, gives DC residents the right to vote in presidential election. The always vote for the Democratic candidate, which gives the Democrat three electoral votes even before the campaign starts.
19th amendment
when didthe 19th amendment give women the right to vote?
The Right to Vote
The 15th Amendment gave all males the right to vote.
23 amendment
The Twenty-third Amendment granted residents of the District of Columbia the ability to vote in presidential elections.
18 year olds
The 23rd Amendment gave DC residents the right to vote in presidential elections. Congress' fear of a civilian revolt in Washington kept it without any rights until 1961, when the 23rd amendment to the Constitution for the first time allowed DC the right to vote in presidential elections.