1776 - White, land-owning, literate, poll-tax paying men over the age of 21, 1856 - White men over the age of 21, 1870 - All men, regardless of race (although tests and poll taxes were used to prevent many of them from voting), 1920 - Women (although the barriers to prevent non-white women to vote remained in place), 1924 - Indigenous Americans, 1943 - Chinese Americans, 1961  - Citizens of Washington D.C., 1965 - Black Americans (by banning poll tax and federally enforcing elections), 1971 - Americans aged 18 and older, 1975 - Americans who aren't literate in English, 1984 - Americans who are homeless and don't have a traditional address, 1986 - American military members and civilians living overseas, 1998 - Americans who have any difficulty attending polling stations by creating vote by mail only elections,

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