all of the following factors contributed to the need for the amendments EXCEPT (1) some eighteen year-olds wanted to exercise their right to vote. 2 citizens who could not pay a tax from voting (3) before 1961 residents of Washington D.C. could not vote in national elections 4 the US Constitution had no authority over the states (5) Lawmakers considered the fight to vote an important one in a democracy​

The factor that does not contribute to the need for amendments is (2) citizens who could not pay a tax from voting.