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1 Legislative History of the Constitutional Amendment Lowering the Voting Age to Eighteen: 26th Amendment: Joint Resolution Proposed by Congress, March 23, 1971: Amendment Certified by Administrator of General Services, July 5, 1971 1 (1971)

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CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT LOWERING THE
VOTING AGE TO EIGHTEEN
26th AMENDMENT
Joint resolution proposed by Congress,
March 23, 1971
Amendment certified by Administrator
of General Services, July 5, 1971
Stat.
1. Joint resolution by The Congress pro-
posing an amendment to The
Constitution of The United States
extending the right to vote to
citizens eighteen years of age or
older, March 23, 1971.
2. Certification of Amendment 26 to The
Constitution of The United States
extending the right to vote to
citizens eighteen years of age or
older, July 5, 1971.
DOCUMENTS
3. House Document 83-251, State of the
Union message advocating lowering
voting age to 18, January 7, 1954.
House Document 90-334, President's
message on lowering the voting age
to eighteen, June 27, 1968. (See
item 32, below.)
REPORTS
92nd Congress
4. Senate Report 92-U, Senate Judiciary
Committee, to accompany S.J. Res.
7, March 8, 1971.

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