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United States Constitution/Amendment Twenty-six

Amendment XXVI (the Twenty-sixth Amendment) of the United States Constitution states:

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.

Section 2.

The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

Interpretation and history

This amendment grants suffrage to those eighteen years of age and older. The 26th Amendment was formally certified by President Richard Nixon on July 5, 1971. See also the Nineteenth Amendment which granted suffrage to women.

External link

National Archives: 26th Amendment

25th Amendment

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27th Amendment

Referenced By

Article One (United States Constitution) | Article One of the United States Constitution | Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation | Congressional power of enforcement | The Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article | The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation | United States Constitution/Article One

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