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Read the description and explain WHY these people can or CANNOT vote.

Read the description and explain WHY these people can or CANNOT vote. Hi! I’m Mike. I am 17 years old and live in Illinois in 2011. Can I vote? . How do you know? Describe the law or amendment that determines Mike’s voting rights. . 1.

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Read the description and explain WHY these people can or CANNOT vote.

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  1. Read the description and explain WHY these people can or CANNOT vote.

  2. Hi! I’m Mike. I am 17 years old and live in Illinois in 2011. Can I vote? How do you know? Describe the law or amendment that determines Mike’s voting rights. 1

  3. Mike is too young! The 26th amendment made it legal for 18 year olds to vote, but Mike is only 17. 2

  4. My name is Shari. I am 63, I live in Indiana, and the year is 1998. Can I vote? 3

  5. Good day, I’m John! I am a poor man living in Rhode Island in 1792. Can I vote? 4

  6. My name is Smith. I live in Alabama in the year 1955. I can read, but I live in poverty. Can I vote? 5

  7. Hi! I’m Lea. I am 35 and live on the Cherokee reservation in North Carolina in 1987. Can I vote? 6

  8. My name is Mary. It is 1962 and I live in D.C. and would like to vote for the President. Can I vote? 7

  9. I am, Marvin, a wealthy land owner in Maine. It is 1815. Can I vote? 8

  10. I am Susan. It is 1880, and I am a former slave living in Wisconsin. Can I vote? 9

  11. I’m just a kid and can’t vote yet. But, I bet you could help me with my homework. I learned that early in U.S. history, only male landowners could vote. Is this true? 10