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What change did New Jersey’s 1807 voting law make?

It granted universal voting rights
It required every voter to own a ship
It abolished all elections
It narrowed voting to qualified free white male citizens

It granted universal voting rights
It required every voter to own a ship
It abolished all elections
It narrowed voting to qualified free white male citizens

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An 1807 New Jersey law narrowed voting eligibility to free white male citizens meeting legal requirements.

The law removed previously possible voting opportunities for some women and free Black residents. Voting-rights history includes both expansions and setbacks.

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