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Kentucky is admitted as a new state, giving the vote to free men regardless of color or property ownership, although the vote would shortly be taken away from free Black people. [5] Delaware removes property ownership as requirement to vote, but continues to require that voters pay taxes. [7] 1798. Georgia removes tax requirement for voting. [7]
The bill was passed into law on January 8, 1867, over Johnson's veto. [1] A related act allowing black men to vote in organized territories of the United States was passed two days later on January 10, 1867. [6] "The Georgetown Election – The Negro at the Ballot Box" (Thomas Nast, Harper's Weekly, March 16, 1867)
Sims, 377 U.S. 533, 555 (1964): "The right to vote freely for the candidate of one's choice is of the essence of a democratic society, and any restrictions on that right strike at the heart of representative government. [...] Undoubtedly, the right of suffrage is a fundamental matter in a free and democratic society.
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Generally, states limited this right to property-owning or tax-paying white males (about 6% of the population). [1] However, New Jersey also gave the vote to unmarried and widowed women who met the property qualifications, regardless of color. Married women were not allowed to own property and hence could not vote. [2] [3]
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