well most of the time the answer to that question in colonial times was only rich white men should vote. Of course as time went on we realized hey maybe other people should get to decide what happens in our country, (I say decided what it actually was was a wide spread protest and debate) this lead to the 15th amendment in 1870 that gave African men the right to vote and the 19th amendment in 1920 that gave white woman the right to vote.
Currently, all citizens have the right to vote in a democracy, this happened with the achievement of constitutional rights that occurred in the transformation from the colonial system to the republican system.
In the colonial system, the political regime was the Monarchic, with time and the discontent of the citizens, changes were being instituted that made the colonies independent and in 1783.
The vote was initially granted only to white men belonging to the bourgeoisie. With the passage of time and the influence of the Protestant movement The Second Great Awakening, more rights were granted to enslaved blacks and women, granting them the vote.
The US was the first country to have a written constitution and establish democracy as a regime that guarantees freedom and sovereignty to all citizens over choices that would impact society.
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