it was Nixon
Richard Nixon was president when the voting age changed from 21 to eighteen (26th Amendment, adopted 1971).
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.
According to the 26th amendment, the legal voting age is eighteen.
eighteen is the voting age in general. I guess its because they think that once you're eighteen, you won't be influenced as much by others.
Eighteen is the legal age for a man to be eligible for the draft in the USA.
It has always been the same, never has it changed. Voting has changed (paper to electronic) but HOW you vote for the president and vice president hasnt changed
The voting age should be lowered because people 12 and older are old eneough to understand and what she does to help our country so we should have the right to vote.... NO STEALS OR iWill ARREST YOU
Twenty-sixth amendment
The current federal voting age of eighteen was proposed to the 28th Parliament by the Government of The Right Honourable Pierre Trudeau P.C., C.H., C.C., Q.C., F.R.S.C. as prime minister. This amendment to s. 3 of the Canada Elections Act reduced the federal voting age (and the minimum age for candidacy) from twenty-one to eighteen years of age.
They wanted him to be Vice President, but the voting rules only allowed for voting for President, with the second highest number of votes becoming Vice President. [Those rules have since changed.]
The 22nd Amendment limits the terms of the President and Vice-president. It does not grant voting rights.
27th in 1971