The third version stated plainly and directly that all male citizens who were 21 or older had the right to vote. Determined to pass the amendment, Congress ultimately accepted the first and most ...

The 15th Amendment gave African-American men the right to vote ... Virginia, or to the District of Columbia jail. When some of them went on a hunger strike, they were force-fed via a tube jammed ...

Eventually, the amendment would be interpreted to apply most provisions in the Bill of Rights to the states as ... actions by the states. It also gave Congress the power to enforce the amendment ...

Although the 19th Amendment declared that the right to vote cannot be denied on the basis of sex, it did not guarantee voting access to all women. Citizenship laws, poll taxes, threats, and violence ...

Delaware lawmakers are attempting to amend the state constitution to explicitly allow early voting, universal absentee voting, and same-day voter registration. Previous laws permitting these voting ...

Right now, a person under the age of ... to do that helps balance that out,” Landry said. A vote yes on Amendment three would give the legislature the authority to add new crimes to the list ...