Section 1.
The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age.
The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age.
Section 2.
The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
Prohibits the states and the federal government from denying the right of US citizens, eighteen years of age or older, to vote on account of age. The drive to lower the voting age from 21 to 18 grew across the country during the 1960s, driven in large part by the broader student activism movement protesting the Vietnam War. The impetus for drafting a Constitutional amendment to lower the voting age arose following the Supreme Court's decision in Oregon v. Mitchell, 400 U.S. 112 (1970), which held that Congress may set requirements for voting in federal elections, but is prohibited from setting requirements in state and local elections.
On March 23, 1971 a proposal to extend the right to vote to citizens eighteen years of age and older was adopted by both Houses of Congress and sent to the States for ratification. That proposal became part of the Constitution on July 1, 1971. The ratification time span for this amendment, three months and eight days, (March 23–July 1, 1971), is shortest for any U.S. Constitutional Amendment to date.
The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
Prohibits the states and the federal government from denying the right of US citizens, eighteen years of age or older, to vote on account of age. The drive to lower the voting age from 21 to 18 grew across the country during the 1960s, driven in large part by the broader student activism movement protesting the Vietnam War. The impetus for drafting a Constitutional amendment to lower the voting age arose following the Supreme Court's decision in Oregon v. Mitchell, 400 U.S. 112 (1970), which held that Congress may set requirements for voting in federal elections, but is prohibited from setting requirements in state and local elections.
On March 23, 1971 a proposal to extend the right to vote to citizens eighteen years of age and older was adopted by both Houses of Congress and sent to the States for ratification. That proposal became part of the Constitution on July 1, 1971. The ratification time span for this amendment, three months and eight days, (March 23–July 1, 1971), is shortest for any U.S. Constitutional Amendment to date.
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