26TH AMENDMENT

WHAT IS IT

• 2 sections in the 26th amendment
• 1- voting age 18
• 2- Congress prevents violations

PROPOSAL DATE

• March 10, 1971
• Senate voted 94-0
• March 23, 1971
• House votes 401-19

RATIFIED

• July 1, 1971

STATES VOTED

• All but 7 states voted
• Florida, Kentucky, Mississippi, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, and Utah did not vote

MINNESOTA

• Minnesota was the first of five states to vote on it the day it was proposed to the states
• March 23, 1971

OREGON V. MITCHELL

• The Voting Rights Act of 1965
• Supreme Court decided federal could set national elections only

HOW IT AFFECTS US

• When we are18 we get to vote
• We get this year or next year