The Evolution of Voting Rights: 23rd, 24th & 26th Amendments | Harvard Historian Dr. Alex Keyssar
Join us for another exciting and informative installment in our Amendment Series with professor of History and Social Policy at Harvard Kennedy School, Dr. Alex Keyssar, who will help us break down three integral constitutional amendments that have aided in shaping American democracy over the past 60 years.
Elections are a vital part of American democracy and American society. For hundreds of years, Americans have fought to exercise their constitutional right to vote and participate in said democracy.
Throughout that fight, there have been various moments when voting rights expansion was demanded and needed, with the decade between 1961 and 1971 being no exception. Whether it be the ending of poll taxes, the enfranchising of voters in Washington D.C., or the lowering of the voting age to 18, the 23rd, 24th, and 26th amendments have helped define voting participation in modern America.