Pearson Amendment to the Voting Rights Act
GPTKB entity
Statements (11)
| Predicate | Object |
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| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:legislation
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| gptkbp:adoptedBy |
gptkb:United_States_Senate
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Pearson Amendment to the Voting Rights Act
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| gptkbp:influenced |
gptkb:Twenty-sixth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
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| gptkbp:proposedBy |
gptkb:James_B._Pearson
1970 |
| gptkbp:purpose |
to lower the voting age to 18 in federal, state, and local elections
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| gptkbp:relatedTo |
gptkb:Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965
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| gptkbp:resultedIn |
legal challenge leading to Oregon v. Mitchell
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:James_B._Pearson
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
7
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