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The 26th Amendment to the United States Constitution was added in 1971. It was the hope that young adults would have a say in who their elected officials would be, as well as to give them a voice on important issues that mattered most to them.
However, the voting range of young adults between the ages of 18 to 25, has been hard to measure.
It seems that number of eligible voters don't use the right that they have in making important decisions on how their government will function. Because of this, the nation is pretty much divided when it comes to voting.
Although voters between the ages of 18 to 25 voted in high numbers in 1992, and in 2008, in the US Presidential and Congressional races, the numbers of these voters are not really as high as they should be.
The United States is split right down the middle on many of social, economic, and foreign matters. Those who have the right to vote but do not choose to do so, have no rights to complain where something they may not like happens.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 13y agoThe 26th Amendment lowered the voting age from 21 to 18.
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∙ 15y agoThe right for persons 18 years of age or older to vote.
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∙ 9y agoThe 26th amendment changed the age of the voters in the United States. After the amendment was passed, people aged 18 and older could vote.
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∙ 13y agolowers the age in which citizens can vote to 18
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∙ 15y agoextends the right to vote to 18 yrs old
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∙ 15y agonothing realy
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∙ 11y agoJuly 1, 1971
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Which amendment to the US Constitution lowered the voting age to 18?
44th
What amendment changed the voting age from twenty one to eighteen?
The 26th Amendment, adopted in 1971, lowered the voting age to eighteen. Under Section 2, it is stated that Congress has the power to enforce this. Please support commonsense grammar.
Which amendments to the US Constitution guarantee or address voting rights?
The fifteenth amendment prohibits denying the right to vote based on race or color. The nineteenth amendment prohibits denying the right to vote based on sex and the twenty sixth amendment guarantees the right to vote to all citizens over eighteen years old.
Who signed the 26th Amendment?
This amendment was passed by Congress on March 23, 1917 and ratified on July 1, 1971 while Richard Nixon was president. However, the president is not part of the amendment process. Proposed amendments do not require the approval of the President. Of course the president can give his opinion and lobby for or against an amendment, but he can not veto it. If he signs it, his signature has no legal bearing on it.
What group of people was given the right to vote in 1971?
The Twenty-sixth Amendment, ratified in 1971, reduced the voting age from 21 to 18, giving younger citizens the right to vote.
What amendment gave vote to citizen age 18 and older?
The 26th Amendment
What amendment established an 18 year old to vote in all elections?
by the 26th amendment by the 26th amendment
How did the 26th amendment affect Americans?
there was no effect because the 26th amendment was not ratified until 1971.
The 26th Amendment established the voting age as?
18
When was the 26th admendment adopted and what did it do?
when was the 26th Amendment adopted, and what did it do ?
What did the 26th Amendment say?
The 26th amendment limited the minimum voting age to no more than 18
Amendment that lowered the voting age?
26th Amendment
Which amendment lowers the voting age to eighteen?
the 26th amendment
What Amendment set voting age to 18?
the 26th amendment
Which amendment says a citizen can vote when they turn eighteen?
26th Amendment.
What were the 19th Amendment and the 26th Amendment to the US Constitution both designed to do?
Expand the right to vote. The 19th Amendment gave women the right to vote; the 26th Amendment lowered the voting age to 18.
What did the 26th amendment accomplish?
The 26th Amendment establishes legal voting age in the United States. This amendment lowered the legal age to vote from 21 to 18 years old.
