26th Amendment Constitution Law Government United States

26th Amendment Constitution Law Government United States

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 the power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

Top: Regional: North America: United States: Government: Law: Constitution: 26th Amendment

See Also:

Top/Society/People/Generations and Age Groups/Youth/Youth Rights/Voting Age

Law, Diversity & The Vote: Voting: Youth Citizenship - From the American Bar Association. Includes effects of the youth vote and statistics.
Oregon V. Mitchell - Case in which lead to the passage of the twenty-sixth amendment.
Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution - Wikipedia - Includes history and effect of the Constitutional Amendment lowering the voting age to eighteen years of age.

Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.
Submit a Site - Open Directory Project - Become an Editor
Click here to add, change or remove your listing

MySQL - Cache Direct sec.