Thursday, May 1, 2014

Amendment 26

Amendment XXVI

Section 1.

The right of citizens of the United States, who are 18 years of age or older, to vote, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any state on account of age.

Section 2.

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

This Amendment means
1. In order to vote you have to be 18 years or older, and can't be denied.
2. Congress has power to enforce.



Media 1
26TH aMENDMENT
This picture represents the young 18 year old announcing that they can vote and they're proud.



Media 2:


The age to vote use to be 21 but it got changed to 18 because of the 26th Amendment was passed. The link to the video below explains that
 

 
 
 
 
 

 


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