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Monday, June 29, 2009

Twenty-sixth Amendment made US voting age 18

On June 30, 1971, the 26th Amendment to the US Constitution was ratified, making the legal voting age 18.



Learn more about the history surrounding the passage of the 26th Amendment.



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