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Too narrow what it means to be an american but to protect and expand it. the 26th amendment ratified in 1971 lowered the voting age from 21 to 18, expanding the franchise to 11 million people at the time. the 24th amendment, 1964, allowed all eligible people to vote whether or not they had the means to pay those poll taxes. the 23rd amendment, 1961, the first time people living in the nation's capital had the right to vote in presidential elections, so that was new for them. 1920, the 19th amendment, gave women unquestionably the right to vote, expanding the franchise to 20 million people that...
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