Which Side Are You On?

Start your day with TPM.
Sign up for the Morning Memo newsletter

From TPM Reader JM

I have been helping a legal immigrant prepare for the citizenship test by reviewing American civics with him. In this process, what has come to my attention is that the trend of constitutional amendments is to expand the scope of who can vote. Out of a total of only 27 amendments to the constitution in our history, a significant portion deal with this expansion of the scope of who can vote. Of course now blacks and women can vote because of amendments to the constitution (15th and 19th amendments). It is also interesting to note that 2 of the last 4 amendments to our constitution have had to do with expanding the vote- for those who can’t afford a poll tax (24th amendment), and for those only 18 years old(26th amendment).

Latest Editors' Blog
Masthead Masthead
Founder & Editor-in-Chief:
Executive Editor:
Managing Editor:
Associate Editor:
Editor at Large:
General Counsel:
Publisher:
Head of Product:
Director of Technology:
Associate Publisher:
Front End Developer:
Senior Designer: