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In the English colonies, white, male property owners who were 21 and older could vote. These rules excluded most of the population of the new colonies. The jurists believed that by the time a man owned land, he had a vested interest in the community and should be able to voice his opinion by voting. The believed that poor people could be swayed by the wealthy to vote a certain way.

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