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.
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