9 ore 9 min, 1 lugl 1971 anni - 26th Amendment

Descrizione:

Extends voting rights to those at 18 years of age All citizens 18 or older can now vote

Cause: During the Vietnam war, 18 year olds were being drafted to fight but couldn't elect the ones who sent them out there; (protests in Kent); Voting age was 21 years old

Effect: Extended the right to vote to citizens who were 18 or older

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