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This amendment was passed by Congress on March 23, 1917 and ratified on July 1, 1971 while Richard Nixon was president. However, the president is not part of the amendment process. Proposed amendments do not require the approval of the President. Of course the president can give his opinion and lobby for or against an amendment, but he can not veto it. If he signs it, his signature has no legal bearing on it.

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Which amendment to the US Constitution lowered the voting age to 18?

44th


Where was the 15th amendment signed?

The 15th amendment was signed into law ion February 3rd, 1870. It was passed to abolish slavery and prohibits the government from denying a citizen the right to vote based on race.


What amendment changed the voting age from twenty one to eighteen?

The 26th Amendment, adopted in 1971, lowered the voting age to eighteen. Under Section 2, it is stated that Congress has the power to enforce this. Please support commonsense grammar.


Which amendments to the US Constitution guarantee or address voting rights?

The 15th, 19th, 24th, and 26th amendments deal with extending the right to vote. The 15th Amendment states that the right to vote will "not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude." Thus allowing ex-slaves the right to vote. Women were not granted the right to vote until the 19th Amendment. There are two other Amendments to the Constitution which regard voting. The 24th amendment allows for every citizen of appropriate voting age to participate in the election without paying a poll tax. The voting age was set to 18 years of age by the 26th amendment.


What were the effects of the 26th amendment?

The 26th Amendment to the United States Constitution was added in 1971. It was the hope that young adults would have a say in who their elected officials would be, as well as to give them a voice on important issues that mattered most to them. However, the voting range of young adults between the ages of 18 to 25, has been hard to measure. It seems that number of eligible voters don't use the right that they have in making important decisions on how their government will function. Because of this, the nation is pretty much divided when it comes to voting. Although voters between the ages of 18 to 25 voted in high numbers in 1992, and in 2008, in the US Presidential and Congressional races, the numbers of these voters are not really as high as they should be. The United States is split right down the middle on many of social, economic, and foreign matters. Those who have the right to vote but do not choose to do so, have no rights to complain where something they may not like happens.