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It depends on the country to which you are referring.
In Australia, despite having been populated by Aborigines long before the Europeans came, the Aborigines were the last to gain the right to vote. Aboriginal people became Australian citizens in 1947, when a separate Australian citizenship was created for the first time. Prior to this, all Australians were "British subjects". Aboriginal people gained the vote in Commonwealth territories in 1965, and earlier in different states, according to various state laws.
In the United States, the Twenty-sixth Amendment granted suffrage to people between the ages of 18 and 21. Prior to the amendment's ratification in 1971, voters were required to be at least 21 years of age.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agoThe Twenty-sixth Amendment granted suffrage to people who were at least 18 years old; prior to its ratification in 1971, the minimum voting age had been 21.
The primary argument in favor of the Amendment was that if 18-year-olds could be drafted into the military, they should also have a right to vote. This was an important point because the United States used the draft during the Vietnam War.
Amendment XXVI
Section 1: The right of citizens of the United States, who are 18 years of age or older, to vote, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any state on account of age.
Section 2: The Congress shall have the power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
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∙ 13y agoThe Twenty-sixth Amendment, ratified in 1971, reduced the minimum voting age, allowing citizens aged 18 to 21 the right to vote. Before this amendment was adopted, voters had to be at least 21 years old.
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∙ 9y agoThe 26th Amendment to the United States Constitution lowered the minimum voting age from 21 to 18. The amendment covered all citizens of the U.S.
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∙ 14y ago18 year olds... the 26th amendment gave this group the right to vote, NOT the 23rd!!!
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∙ 12y ago18 to 21-year-olds
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∙ 10y agowomen <3 :) ;)
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Which minority group experienced the MOST success in their efforts to gain equal voting rights during the 1920s?
women
Which group passed the amendment which recognized the citizenship of African Americans and recognized the rights of all citizens?
Republican
The 15th amendment gave what group the right to vote?
The 15th Amendment (1870) to the United States Constitution granted the right to suffrage (voting) to all males. Specifically, the use of color or being a prior slave could no longer legally be used to prevent the right to vote for African-American males.
When did everyone have the right to vote?
1789: The first presidential election is held, electing George Washington by unanimous vote of the country's "electors," a group of mostly white male landowners.1868: The Fourteenth Amendment declares that any eligible twenty-one year old male has the right to vote.1870: The Fifteenth Amendment says that the right to vote cannot be denied "on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude," thus extending the right to vote to former (male) slaves.1876: Wyoming becomes a state, and is the first state to give voting rights to women.1884: The U.S. Supreme Court rules "grand- father clauses" unconstitutional.1890: Southern states pass laws designed to limit the voting rights of African Americans. Some of the laws require voters to pay a poll tax or to prove that they can read and write.1920: The U.S. Supreme Court rules that since Native Americans who live on reservations pay no state taxes, they cannot vote.1920: Women gain the vote when the Nineteenth Amendment declares that the right to vote cannot be denied "on account of sex."1947: A court ruling grants Native Americans the right to vote in every state.1961: The Twenty-third Amendment establishes that the citizens of the District of Columbia have the right to vote in presidential elections. D.C. is given 3 electoral votes.1964: The Twenty-fourth Amendment declares that the states cannot require citizens to pay a poll tax in order to vote in federal elections.1965: Voting Rights Act bans literacy tests as a voting requirement and bars all racist voting practices in all states.1971: The Twenty-Sixth Amendment lowers the voting age to 18 and gives all Americans the right to vote.1975: Additions to the Voting Rights Act require translations of all election materials to be made available for non-English speaking citizens.
What group of people was given the right to vote in 1971?
The Twenty-sixth Amendment, ratified in 1971, reduced the voting age from 21 to 18, giving younger citizens the right to vote.
What group did the twenty second amendment give the right to vote to?
The 22nd Amendment limits the terms of the President and Vice-president. It does not grant voting rights.
During the early 1800s which group of Americans received greater political power including voting rights?
landless whites- study island
Which group received the right to vote in 1870 when the 15 amendment was ratified?
African American Males
Most states granted voting rights to which group of people?
Most states granted voting rights to property owners.
When a group of people in a meeting approve a new change in the constitution by voting they do what?
amendment
Why did more women join the national American suffrage association after the organization did what?
succeeded in winning voting rights for women
What group was given suffrage with the twenty -sixth amendment?
18 year olds... the 26th amendment gave this group the right to vote, NOT the 23rd!!!
What group of people is least likely to be given voting rights?
d.transients
What group of people kept from voting until the passage of the 19th Amendment in 1920's?
Women,
What was the equal rights amendment and what group did it aim to protect?
Pizza
The last group to whom the constitution granted the right to vote was what?
1971 the 26th amendment changed the voting age from 21 to 18.
What were some major US voting reforms and identify the group that benefited from the change?
Nineteenth Amenment, 1920 & Voting Rights Act, 1965
