By Jacqueline Richey The 26th Amendment lowers the voting age from 21 to 18. After being approved by Congress, it was ratified in just 100 days, the shortest ratification time of any amendment. It ...
Fifty years ago this week, Congress passed a new amendment to the Constitution, the 26th Amendment, to outlaw age discrimination in voting and to extend the right to vote to Americans as young as 18.
The promises of the 26th Amendment remain unfulfilled. A sign encouraging people to vote sits in the middle of the University of Pittsburgh campus on November 5, 2024.(Aaron Jackendoff / SOPA Images ...
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