Expansion of Suffrage
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U3Q2D3-Dist-2010-2011 As Susan B Anthony stated, ?It was we the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens; but we, the whole people who formed the Union.? Consistent with this view, enfranchisement has been expanded to virtually all American citizens through constitutional amendments and legislative acts of Congress. Suffrage has been expanded as a result of disenfranchised groups fighting for their right to be represented in government.