During the Vietnam War, many Vietnam veterans criticized the U.S. government for forcing them to go to war at the age of eighteen but not allowing them to vote until age 21. As a result, the U.S. Constitution was amended in 1971, lowering the minimum voting age to 18.
Since the passage of the Voting Rights Act in the 1960's it has been illegal for any group to be barred from voting. Some irregular events have happened in elections, but these are individual incidents so there is no "wide" groups that are not allowed to vote.
The voting age in 1960 was 21. Men and women and all people of color were allowed to vote if over that age.
it lowered the voting age to 18
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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.
In 1971, the 26th Amendment set the legal voting age at 18 for both US federal and state elections.
Iran currently has the lowest voting age, which is set at 16 years old.
The only way to lower the voting age for federal elections is by passing an amendment to the constitution.
Younger people voting. Congress lowered the national voting age to 18. In the 26th Amendment, the minimum age was set at 18 for both state and national elections. It was ratified in July 1971. It should be noted that the 26th Amendment allows for states to lower the voting age to 17 or even 16, if they so wish.
The minimum age for voter registration is 18.
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You must be 18 years old to be able to vote in Egypt (:
for SK elections, it start at age 15-17 and for the national and or local or barangay elections, it start at age 18
Any Swiss citizen (when the age of 18 has been reached)... as long as the voting is on a national level... state-votings do only concern the different states.
18 years old, I myself is 19 and have participated once in a local people's representative election. (by 18 year old)It is so cool how young people are interested in taking part of the elections tommorow.... (by 39 year old)you have to be atleast 4 yrs old by 73 yr old
18 years of age and citizen of US
The Twenty-sixth Amendment lowered the voting age from 21 to 18.