Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Twenty-sixth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
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Statements (21)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:constitutional_law
gptkbp:appliesTo gptkb:United_States_federal_elections
gptkb:United_States_state_elections
gptkbp:category gptkb:1971_in_American_law
gptkb:1971_in_American_politics
gptkb:Youth_rights_in_the_United_States
gptkb:Amendments_to_the_United_States_Constitution
Voting rights in the United States
gptkbp:effect lowered voting age to 18
gptkbp:followedBy nan
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Twenty-fifth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:proposedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
1971-03-23
gptkbp:ratifiedBy 1971-07-01
gptkbp:section 2
gptkbp:signedBy gptkb:Richard_Nixon
gptkbp:textBegins 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.
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