The 26th amendment lowered the voting age for elections in the US. It was passed on March 23, 1971 and officially ratified on July 1, 1971.
Text of the Amendment
Section 1. Lowering the voting age
The right of citizens of the United States, who are 18 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.
The 26th 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 the power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
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the 15th amendment did
it gave women the right to vote.
Expand the right to vote. The 19th Amendment gave women the right to vote; the 26th Amendment lowered the voting age to 18.
It was important because it gave every citizen, regardless of sex, the right to vote.
The Fifteenth Amendment, ratified in 1870, granted African-American men the right to vote; African-American women did not receive this right until the Nineteenth Amendment (women's suffrage) was ratified in 1920.For clarity, the amendment was the result of Southern terror groups to deny the right to vote for Afro-Americans but the amendment helped all minorities to vote.the fifteenthSDThe 15th amendment in the Constitution gave African Americans the right to vote.The men gained the right to vote in 1870 and women gained the right to vote in 1920.15 amendmentIn 1870, the 15th Amendment gave African-American men the right to vote. But suffrage was not expanded to include women till the 19th amendment was ratified in 1920.The 15th amendment gave all race, gender, or color the right to vote.
Emancipation gave women the right to vote
The 15th amendment gave all men, of any color, the right to vote.
The 15th amendment gave all men, of any color, the right to vote.
The 15th amendment gave all men, of any color, the right to vote.
The 24th Amendment to the US Constitution
The 15th Amendment to the U.S Constitution gave all American males the right to vote.
It gave woman the right to vote.
It gave woman the right to vote.
It gave woman the right to vote.
it gave women the right to vote.
the 15th amendment did
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