We did not find results for: Which BEST summarizes this source? A) Author Kathy Hufford makes it clear that the Constitution gav
e voting rights at first only to white males, but quickly changed the rules to allow everyone the opportunity to vote. This included African Americans and women, starting in 1920. Many people were happy with these changes and voter turnout in the country's national elections increased, especially after the Nineteenth Amendment was passed. B) United States citizens who register and are at least eighteen years old are eligible to vote regardless of race, religion, gender, or disability. The Constitution initially extended this right only to white males, then later to African American males under the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments. In 1920 voting rights were protected for all American women under the Nineteenth Amendment. The Voting Rights Act in 1965 addressed issues of racial discrimination. C) American citizens have the right to vote, but originally under the Constitution, only white male citizens over the age of twenty one could vote. This injustice has been changed and voting rights have been extended several times throughout our nation’s history. Now, citizens over the age of eighteen cannot be denied the right to vote, regardless of race, religion, gender or disability. However, in every state except North Dakota, citizens must register to vote. D) In America, voting is an important right protected under the Constitution. The struggle for voting rights continues in na.
