26th Amendment

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/26th_Amendment
GPTKB entity
Statements (24)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:constitutional_law
gptkbp:appliesTo United States citizens
gptkbp:awardedBy right to vote at age 18
gptkbp:category gptkb:Amendments_to_the_United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:currentVotingAge 18
gptkbp:enforcedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 26th Amendment
gptkbp:nickname Youth Vote Amendment
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:25th_Amendment
gptkbp:previousVotingAge 21
gptkbp:proposedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
March 23, 1971
gptkbp:ratifiedBy July 1, 1971
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Vietnam_War
voting rights
youth suffrage
gptkbp:section 2
The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
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.
gptkbp:successor none
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Suffrage_in_the_United_States
gptkb:U.S._federal_elections
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6