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Twenty-sixth Amendment

Subject History

Place Northern America » United States of America

DOI: 10.1111/b.9781577180999.1997.x

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This amendment overturned O regon v. M itchell , which ruled that an amendment to the V oting R ights A ct (1965) could not impose 18 as the voting age in state elections. Sent to the states on 23 March 1971, last ratified by Ohio on 30 June 1971, and officially proclaimed on 5 July 1971, it extends the privilege of voting in state and federal elections to all citizens on their eighteenth birthday. The amendment allowed 25,000,000 new voters to participate in the 1972 presidential election. ... log in or subscribe to read full text

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A Dictionary of American History

Edited by: THOMAS L. PURVIS
eISBN: 9781577180999
Print publication date: 1997

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A Dictionary of American History

Preface
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- Twenty-first Amendment
- Twenty-second Amendment
- Twenty-third Amendment
- Twenty-fourth Amendment
- Twenty-fifth Amendment
- Twenty-sixth Amendment
- Twenty-seventh Amendment
- Twightwee Indians
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