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Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States extending the right to vote to citizens sixteen years of age or older.
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States extending the right to vote to citizens sixteen years of age or older.
Summary
This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment that would lower the voting age from 18 to 16 years old. The proposed amendment would repeal the 26th Amendment, which currently establishes 18 as the minimum voting age, and replace it with a new provision granting voting rights to all citizens 16 years of age or older. The amendment would prohibit the United States or any state from denying or abridging voting rights based on age for citizens 16 and older. Congress would be granted enforcement power to implement the amendment through appropriate legislation. The proposed amendment would become part of the Constitution only if ratified by legislatures in three-fourths of the states within seven years of its submission for ratification.
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6] (D-NY)
6 cosponsors
Actions (2)
- Jan 9, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. · house
- Jan 9, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 9, 2025
Ms. Meng (for herself, Mr. Casten, Ms. Bonamici, Ms. Pressley, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Mullin, and Ms. Tlaib) submitted the following joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States extending the right to vote to citizens sixteen years of age or older.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each House concurring therein), That the following article is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years after the date of its submission for ratification:
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“Section 1. The twenty-sixth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed. “Section 2. The right of citizens of the United States, who are sixteen 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 3. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.”. <all>
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