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Twenty-sixth Amendment
Voting age set at eighteen · Ratified July 1, 1971
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.
Passed by Congress March 23, 1971. Ratified July 1, 1971.
Text from the National Archives transcription. This page is general information, not legal advice.
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