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  2. U.S. Constitution Annotated
  3. Amendment XXVI. Reduction of Voting Age
  4. Historical Background
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    Historical Background
    • Voter Age Qualifications in the Early United States
      • Voter Age Qualifications, World War II, and the 1940s
        • Voter Age Qualifications, the Korean War, and the 1950s
          • The Vietnam War, Voting Rights Act Amendments of 1970, and Oregon v. Mitchell
            • Proposal of the Twenty-Sixth Amendment: Introduction and Committee Action
              • Proposal of the Twenty-Sixth Amendment: Congressional Floor Debates and Final Passage
                • Ratification of the Twenty-Sixth Amendment
                  • The Scope of the Twenty-Sixth Amendment

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                  • Explanation of the Constitution - from the Congressional Research Service


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