Twenty-Sixth Amendment

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.

Section 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

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During the Viet Nam War, some politicians argued that if men at age 18 were old enough to be drafted into military service, then they should be old enough to vote.[1] In response, Congress attempted to lower the voting age to 18 for all elections in the Voting Rights Act of 1970, but the Supreme Court ruled that Congress could not set the voting age for state elections in Oregon v. Mitchell, 400 U.S. 112 (1970). The states ratified this Amendment in record time - less than four months after Congress passed it.

Currently, some moderates and conservatives have called for raising the voting age back to 21, due to low turnout among people under age 21 and university professors indoctrinating students with liberal propaganda, as evidenced by the SEIU's endorsement of Barack Obama and his popularity among adults under age 21. Former Rep. Chris Shays (R-Conn.), for example, said "Lowering the voting age was a mistake. We did it basically out of guilt."[2]

> Amendments to the Constitution of the United States of America

> Bill of Rights:
>  1 \- Freedom of speech, press, religion, etc.
>  2 \- Right to bear arms
>  3 \- Quartering of soldiers
>  4 \- Warrants
>  5 \- Due process
>  6 \- Right to a speedy trial
>  7 \- Right by trial of a jury
>  8 \- No cruel or unusual punishments
>  9 \- Unenumerated rights
>  10 \- Power to the people and states

> * * *

> 11 \- Immunity of states to foreign suits
>  12 \- Revision of presidential election procedures
>  13 \- Abolition of slavery
>  14 \- Citizenship
>  15 \- Racial suffrage
>  16 \- Federal income tax
>  17 \- Direct election of the United States Senate
>  18 \- Prohibition of alcohol
>  19 \- Women's suffrage
>  20 \- Terms of the presidency
>  21 \- Repeal of Eighteenth Amendment
>  22 \- Limits the president to two terms
>  23 \- District of Columbia Voting for President
>  24 \- Prohibition of poll taxes
>  25 \- Presidential disabilities
>  26 \- Voting age lowered to 18
>  27 \- Variance of congressional compensation

## References[edit]

1. ↑ "Old Enough to Fight, Motivated Enough to Vote", FDU Magazine, Summer/Fall 2008. Retrieved on February 3, 2015.
2. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zx-XNd_aQes