Civics question 63 of 128

There are four amendments to the U.S. Constitution about who can vote. Describe one of them.

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Citizens eighteen (18) and older (can vote).
You don't have to pay (a poll tax) to vote.
Any citizen can vote. (Women and men can vote.)
A male citizen of any race (can vote).

You only need to give one of these. The officer accepts any of them.

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Background

Describing any one of the four answers the question: citizens eighteen and older can vote, no poll tax may be required, any citizen may vote whether woman or man, and a male citizen of any race may vote. The four are the Fifteenth, Nineteenth, Twenty-fourth, and Twenty-sixth Amendments, and their order tells the story. The Fifteenth barred denial of the vote by race in 1870, the Nineteenth reached women in 1920, the Twenty-fourth ended poll taxes in federal elections in 1964, and the Twenty-sixth lowered the age to eighteen in 1971. Each is worded as a prohibition on denying the vote rather than as a grant, which is why the Constitution still leaves registration and the mechanics of elections mostly to the states.

This background section is written by US Citizenship Test Practice to explain the civics fact. It is not part of the USCIS question list, and the official answer above is the one to give at the interview.

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It is part of Rights and Responsibilities, inside the American Government section of the test.

There are four amendments to the U.S. Constitution about who can vote. Describe one of them.

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