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Sect. 1 & 2 Pgs

States can’t violate constitution when making voting requirements. States can’t have different requirements. 15 th Amendment- _______________

__________States cannot require people to be male to vote. ___________States can’t use the payment of taxes to determine who can vote ___________States cannot require people to be older than ______ to vote.

States require voters to meet at least two qualifications: __________________________.

Aliens (non-citizens) generally ________________. ________ only state requires a person to be American citizen for ______________ before they can vote.

Some states require voters to live there for ______ days to qualify to vote 18

All states _________________ __________________________

Today, no state has a __________ ____________________________. “used so that voters could make informed ballot.”

discouraged certain groups from voting, mainly ________________ ___________ Eliminated in _________ by ______ __________________________

Southern states- ___________ __________- any man who voted prior to adoption of ________ amendment qualified to vote. (_________).

If you _____________ you paid taxes which was a requirement to vote. Mainly in the south. ____________ ___________________ ______ Amendment (1964) outlawed ________.

_____________ _____________ Mentally incompetent Few states- ______________ _____________ Convicted of serious crime Some states- duelists, ______________ ______________