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First required age to vote
The age limit to vote was originally 21. The Fourteenth amendment allowed 21 year old males to vote and was passed in 1868. -
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The beginning
This amendment got it's general idea from all the way back in WWII when a popular youth activist quote came out of this war is "Old enough to fight, Old enough to vote." This happened after the president lowered age requirements to join the war from ages 21 to ages 18. -
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Jennings Randolph
Jennings Randolph along with a congress man from West Virginia introduced a federal legislation for lowering the voting age limit during 1942. She proposes this 11 times in all. -
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
During his state of union address he publicized his thoughts about lowering the age law for voting. Supporting the slogan "Old enough to fight, old enough to vote." -
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From being proposed and ratified
This is the time between when the amendment was proposed and ratified. It was voted to be proposed in March 23, 1971, Then later on it was passed with votes 401 to 19, which followed with it's official ratification on July 1st, 1971. -
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Richard Nixon
Nixon Signed the amendment into law In July of 1971