Early on, one had to be a white male to be able to vote. Also, one had to own a certain amount of property.
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You had to be an educated person who owned property. This excluded anyone who was a slave or an indentured servant at the time.
in the 1780's, only white male property owners could vole (only 10-16% of the population at that time)
Prior to 1820, the qualifications to vote excluded a lot of people from being able to do so. The qualifications included being white, being male and being a property owner.
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Individual state may set any qualifications they choose for voting as long as those qualifications are not in conflict with the United States Constitution or Federal Laws. Most qualifications involve timeliness of registering.
On July 7, 1971, the voting age became 18 when the 26th amendment to the US constitution was certified as having been ratified.
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The 26th Amendment to the Constitution (granting suffrage to all citizens age 18 and up) was ratified on July 1, 1971.