Raising A.B.C. is designed to help
students discover how candidates get elected and how participating in the
voting process creates better citizens. Raising A.B.C.--Kids
Get Out the Vote was written by Peggy Wyns-Madison,
a former Teachers Network web mentor.
U.S. Citizen
Amendment XIV, Section 1 of the U.S. Constitution states:
"All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."
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