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48. There are four amendments to the Constitution about who can vote. Describe one of them.
48.憲法有四條關(guān)于何人可以投票的修正案。描述其中的一條。
Answer: Citizens eighteen (18) and older (can vote).
答案：年滿十八歲及以上的公民（才能投票）
You don't have to pay (a poll tax) to vote.
你不必為投票付費(fèi)（人頭稅）。
Any citizen can vote. (Women and men can vote.)
所有公民都能投票。（男女都能投票。）
A male citizen of any race (can vote).
所有種族的男性公民（都能投票）。
Explanation: Voting is one of the important rights (or freedoms) that Americans have, but not everyone can vote.
解釋：投票權(quán)是美國(guó)人擁有的重要權(quán)利（或自由）之一，但不是人人都能投票的。
The Constitution, which is the most important legal document in the United States, has 27 amendments (or changes or additions to the Constitution that have been approved by the voters).
憲法是美國(guó)最重要的法律文件，它有27條修正案（或有選民們通過的對(duì)憲法的變更或增補(bǔ)）。
Four of these amendments are about who can vote.
這些修正案中有四條是關(guān)于何人可以投票的。
Let's take a quick look at each of them.
讓我們快速瀏覽一下它們。
The 15th Amendment was passed (or approved) in 1870.
第十五條修正案于1870年獲得通過。
It forbids (or doesn't allow) the government to use race (or skin color) in deciding who is eligible (or has the right) to vote.
它禁止（或不允許）政府拿種族（或膚色）來(lái)決定誰(shuí)有資格（或有權(quán)）投票。
Before this amendment was passed, many states did not allow black or African American people to vote in their elections.
這條修正案通過之前，許多州都不允許黑人或非裔美國(guó)人在他們州的選舉中投票。
The 15th Amendment made that illegal (or against the law).
第十五條修正案將其定為非法（或違反法律）。
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