Rights of the People and the Right to Vote. Foreclosures and the Right to Vote

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The Right to Vote

The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not 

be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

— Fifteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (1870)

 

The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not 

be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.

— Nineteenth Amendment (1920)

 

The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any 

primary or other election . . . shall not be denied or abridged . . . by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax.

— Twenty-fourth Amendment (1964)

 

The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of age.

— Twenty-sixth Amendment (1971)

Foreclosures and the Right to Vote

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