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1.  Provide a paragraph on an important issue of your choice from Section 1:
      In the early years of this country, only white, land-owning, adult, males were allowed to vote. Presumably because they were the only ones who were deemed capable. however, after years of progress and suffrage now any American citizen over 18 can vote for anything.
2.  Provide a paragraph on an important issue of your choice from Section 2:
      it used to be that voting could be taxed. so so only did you need to be the right type of person, you also had to have enough money to vote. nowadays this has become an old and unnecessary way of thinking and even someone completely broke can voice his/her opinion.
3.  Provide a paragraph on an important issue of your choice from Section 3:
      the 15th amendment was a bid step in our nations history. this was the amendment that allowed blacks the right to vote. however even though the could, apathy in congress and racial tension in the south made this a moot point for a long time.
4.  Provide a paragraph on an important issue of your choice from Section 4:
     in ancient Athens an "idiot" was someone who didn't vote. it is now synonymous with someone who is stupid, and that what people who don't vote are. because no mater what anyone says, every vote does count. and a voting opportunity wasted is a lifetime chance wasted.
5. Explain voter apathy and what can be done to help it:
     voter apathy is when people don't care about voting. they think that so many people vote anyway that their one vote won't make a difference. but the more people think that, the more they don't vote, and if that many people don't vote then the results change.
6. Explain the qualifications for registering to vote:
 to vote you need to be a legal U.S. citizen and at least 18 years of age.