Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution

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amendment to the United States Constitution constitutional amendment

The Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution is the 1971 amendment that lowered the nationwide voting age to 18, expanding suffrage to millions of younger citizens.

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Label	Occurrences
Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution canonical	8
Twenty-Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution	3
Twenty-sixth Amendment	2

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T231266 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Context triple: [Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution, comparedWith, Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution]

A. 24th Amendment to the United States Constitution
The 24th Amendment to the United States Constitution is a 1964 amendment that abolished the poll tax in federal elections, strengthening voting rights protections and advancing the goals of the civil rights movement.
B. Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is a Reconstruction-era amendment that prohibits federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
C. Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is the 1920 constitutional change that prohibited denying the right to vote on the basis of sex, effectively guaranteeing women’s suffrage nationwide.
D. Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution established the direct popular election of U.S. senators, replacing their selection by state legislatures.
E. Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution is the constitutional provision that limits individuals to being elected U.S. president no more than twice, thereby formalizing presidential term limits.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Target entity description: The Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution is the 1971 amendment that lowered the nationwide voting age to 18, expanding suffrage to millions of younger citizens.

A. 24th Amendment to the United States Constitution
The 24th Amendment to the United States Constitution is a 1964 amendment that abolished the poll tax in federal elections, strengthening voting rights protections and advancing the goals of the civil rights movement.
B. Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is a Reconstruction-era amendment that prohibits federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
C. Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is the 1920 constitutional change that prohibited denying the right to vote on the basis of sex, effectively guaranteeing women’s suffrage nationwide.
D. Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution established the direct popular election of U.S. senators, replacing their selection by state legislatures.
E. Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution is the constitutional provision that limits individuals to being elected U.S. president no more than twice, thereby formalizing presidential term limits.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ constitutional amendment ⓘ
amendmentNumber	26 ⓘ
appliesTo	federal elections in the United States ⓘ local elections in the United States ⓘ state elections in the United States ⓘ
appliesToClass	citizens 18 years of age or older ⓘ citizens of the United States ⓘ
cameIntoForceOn	1971-07-01 ⓘ
category	Amendments to the United States Constitution ⓘ linked to: United States constitutional amendments Voting rights in the United States ⓘ
constitutionalArticleModified	Article I of the United States Constitution ⓘ Article II of the United States Constitution ⓘ Article VI of the United States Constitution ⓘ linked to: Article VI, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution
constitutionalPosition	27th amendment textually including the unratified original first amendment, but 26th in ratified order ⓘ
containsProvision	Section 1 prohibits denial or abridgment of the right to vote for citizens 18 years of age or older on account of age ⓘ Section 2 grants Congress power to enforce the article by appropriate legislation ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
effect	expanded suffrage to citizens aged 18 to 20 ⓘ lowered the nationwide voting age to 18 ⓘ
enforcementPowerGrantedTo	United States Congress ⓘ
hasConstitutionalOrder	Reconstruction and post-Reconstruction amendments ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States federal government ⓘ linked to: United States government
language	English ⓘ
legalDomain	constitutional law ⓘ election law ⓘ
locatedInLegalCode	United States Constitution ⓘ
minimumVotingAgeSet	18 ⓘ
motivatedBy	Vietnam War era debate over draft age and voting rights ⓘ
notableFeature	one of the fastest-ratified amendments in U.S. history ⓘ
partOf	United States Constitution ⓘ
previousGeneralVotingAgeInManyStates	21 ⓘ
prohibits	denial of the right to vote on account of age for citizens 18 or older ⓘ
proposedBy	United States Congress ⓘ
proposedDate	1971-03-23 ⓘ
ratificationMethod	ratification by state legislatures ⓘ
ratifiedOn	1971-07-01 ⓘ
ratifiedYear	1971 ⓘ
relatedTo	Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ Twenty-fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ linked to: 24th Amendment to the United States Constitution
rightProtected	right to vote of citizens 18 years of age or older ⓘ
sectionCount	2 ⓘ
shortName	Twenty-sixth Amendment ⓘ linked to: Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution
sloganAssociated	old enough to fight, old enough to vote ⓘ
subject	suffrage ⓘ voting age ⓘ
timeFromProposalToRatification	about 100 days ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution → comparedWith → Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution → shortName → Twenty-sixth Amendment ⓘ

linked to: Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution

United States constitutional amendments → includes → Twenty-Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

linked to: Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution

Birch Bayh → authorOf → Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

Birch Bayh → notableWork → Twenty-sixth Amendment ⓘ

linked to: Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution

Voting Rights Act Amendments of 1970 → influenced → Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

United States federal elections → votingAgeBasis → Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

United States federal elections → expandedSuffrageBy → Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

U.S. House of Representatives seat for Massachusetts → constitutionalAmendmentAffectingOffice → Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

Oregon v. Mitchell → relatedTo → Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

United States federal election law → constrainedBy → Twenty-Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

linked to: Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution

Jennings Randolph → supportedAmendment → Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

American electorate → rightGrantedBy → Twenty-Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

linked to: Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution

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