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Amendments 21-27
US Constitution Amendments 21-27
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Civics
12th Grade
10/10/2011

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21st Amendment

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The eighteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed.
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22nd Amendment

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No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of President more than once. 
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23rd Amendment

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Grants the District of Columbia (Washington D.C.) the right to three electors in Presidential elections.
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24th Amendment

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The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President, for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State by reason of failure to pay poll tax or other tax.
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25th Amendment

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Clarifies the line of succession to the Presidency, and establishes rules for a President who becomes unable to perform his duties while in office.
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26th Amendment

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The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age.
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27th Amendment

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No law, varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an election of representatives shall have intervened.


(Requires that any law that increases the pay of legislators may not take effect until after an election.)

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