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July 1, 1971: 18 and Up Can Vote
1media/student-protests-26th-amendment_thumb.jpeg2022-02-11T21:38:53+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a4911The 26th Amendment is signed by President Richard Nixon, granting the right to vote to U.S. citizens who are 18 or older. Prohibiting discrimination based on age, it lowers the age from 21, largely in reaction to the number of 18-20-year-olds fighting in Vietnam.plain2022-02-11T21:38:53+00:00197120201022183119Demonstration for reduction in voting age, Seattle, 1969. Image courtesy of MOHAI, Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, 1986.5.50631, photograph by Tom Barlet.Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49