26th amendment
It lowered it to 18 from 21.
21 to 18
President Richard Nixon lowered the voting age from 21 to 18 in April 1971.
In 1971 it lowered the age from 21 to 18. Since that time adulthood starts at 18.
the Vietnam War.
44th
Ellis Arnall, he was the 69th governor of Georgia and lowered the age from 21 to 18.
It lowered the age to vote from 21 to 18.
Lowered voting age from 21 to 18.
In 1959, the legal voting age in Minnesota was 21. The voting age was not lowered to 18 until the passage of the 26th Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1971.
The 26th Amendment in 1971. It lowered the voting age from 21 to 18.
Before the voting age was lowered to 18, the legal voting age in the United States was 21. This change was largely influenced by the Vietnam War, as many young people were being drafted to fight but did not have the right to vote. The 26th Amendment, ratified in 1971, officially lowered the voting age to 18.