No amendment guarantees the right to vote. There are three that say who cannot be "denied" the right to vote, by reason of race, or gender, or age.
The 15th amendment : men cannot be denied the right because of their race
The 19th amendment : women cannot be denied the vote because of gender.
The 26th amendment : those citizens 18 years of age cannot be denied the vote because of their age.
The following amendments to the US Constitution govern the right to vote. None specifically "grants" the right to vote, only stating who may not be "denied" the right to vote.
15th Amendment (1870)
The right to vote cannot be denied to men of any race.
19th Amendment (1920)
The right to vote may not be denied to women
26th Amendment (1971)
The voting age was lowered from 21 to 18, stating that no citizen
over the age of 18 could be denied the vote by reason of age.
Twenty-third
The 14th and 15th amendments of the Constitution of the United States
The founders allowed for amendments, and through the years, these have made some very important changes, including giving African-Americans and women the right to vote. There are currently 27 amendments to the constitution.
There are 27 amendments to the constitution. The last one passed in 1971 when the right to vote was changed from 21 to 18.
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Twenty-third
There is no state that does not allow its people to vote on constitutional amendments. All states in the United States have some form of process for the public to vote on proposed amendments to the state constitution.
Both houses of Congress
Both houses of Congress
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.
Both houses of Congress
There are three amendments regarding who is allowed to vote: - The 15th amendment gave all races the right to vote. - The 19th amendment gave women the right to vote. - The 26th amendment reduced the voting age to 18.
1920
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The 14th and 15th amendments of the Constitution of the United States
a constitutional amendment allowing women the right to vote
There is no constitutional "right" to vote. You cannot be prevented from voting due to race or gender, but constitutionally speaking there is no explicit "right" to vote.