Amendment 26

SUMMARY

• The congress passed the Amendment that you could vote when you were 18.
• - Coach Johnson and notes

HISTORY OF AMENDMENT

• Franklin Roosevelt lowered the minimum age for the draft age from 21 to 18.
• In 1943, Georgia became the first state to lower its voting age from 21 to 18.
• http://www.history.com/topics/the-26th-amendment

AMENDMENT PASSED

• The 26th Amendment passed in March, 1971.
• http://www.history.com/topics/the-26th-amendment

OFFICIALLY APART OF CONSTITUTION

• The 26th Amendment was ratified on July 1, 1971.
• http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution_amendments_11-27.htm...

STATES WHO SAID NO

• Yes, 8 of them didn't vote for the amendment.
• http://www.usconstitution.net/constamrat.html

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