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The [[Twenty-fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution|Twenty-fourth Amendment]] (1964) prohibits a [[Poll taxes in the United States|poll tax]] for voting. Although passage of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments helped remove many of the discriminatory laws left over from slavery, they did not eliminate all forms of discrimination. Along with literacy tests and durational residency requirements, poll taxes were used to keep low-income (primarily African American) citizens from participating in elections. The Supreme Court has since struck down these discriminatory measures.<ref>{{cite web|last=Monk|first=Linda|title=Amendment XXIV|url=http://constitutioncenter.org/constitution/the-amendments/amendment-24-poll-tax-barred|publisher=Annenberg Classroom|access-date=August 6, 2014|location=Philadelphia, Pa.|archive-date=July 3, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140703090136/http://constitutioncenter.org/constitution/the-amendments/amendment-24-poll-tax-barred}}</ref> | The [[Twenty-fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution|Twenty-fourth Amendment]] (1964) prohibits a [[Poll taxes in the United States|poll tax]] for voting. Although passage of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments helped remove many of the discriminatory laws left over from slavery, they did not eliminate all forms of discrimination. Along with literacy tests and durational residency requirements, poll taxes were used to keep low-income (primarily African American) citizens from participating in elections. The Supreme Court has since struck down these discriminatory measures.<ref>{{cite web|last=Monk|first=Linda|title=Amendment XXIV|url=http://constitutioncenter.org/constitution/the-amendments/amendment-24-poll-tax-barred|publisher=Annenberg Classroom|access-date=August 6, 2014|location=Philadelphia, Pa.|archive-date=July 3, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140703090136/http://constitutioncenter.org/constitution/the-amendments/amendment-24-poll-tax-barred}}</ref> | ||
The [[Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution|Twenty-sixth Amendment]] (1971) prohibits the government from denying the right of United States citizens, eighteen years of age or older, to vote on account of age. The drive to lower the [[Voting age#United States|voting age]] was driven in large part by the broader [[student activism]] movement protesting the | The [[Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution|Twenty-sixth Amendment]] (1971) prohibits the government from denying the right of United States citizens, eighteen years of age or older, to vote on account of age. The drive to lower the [[Voting age#United States|voting age]] was driven in large part by the broader [[student activism]] movement protesting the Vietnam War. It gained strength following the Supreme Court's decision in ''[[Oregon v. Mitchell]]'' (1970).<ref>{{cite web|last=Monk|first=Linda|title=Amendment XXVI|url=http://constitutioncenter.org/constitution/the-amendments/amendment-26-voting-age-set-to-18-years|publisher=Annenberg Classroom|access-date=August 6, 2014|location=Philadelphia, Pa.|archive-date=July 19, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130719072047/http://constitutioncenter.org/constitution/the-amendments/amendment-26-voting-age-set-to-18-years}}</ref> | ||
====Government processes and procedures (Amendments 12, 17, 20, 22, 25, and 27)==== | ====Government processes and procedures (Amendments 12, 17, 20, 22, 25, and 27)==== | ||