26th amendment

the first state to make it 18

Aug 2, 1942

Georgia was the first state to change its vote age to 18. it's important because meany states followed behind

The drafting age was lowed to 18

Nov 10, 1942

They said if they were too young to vote then they should be too young to get drafted.

The House of Representative

Mar 21, 1965

the House of Representatives voted 401–19 in favor of the proposed amendment

law passed to lower the age to vote

Jun 22, 1970

president Nixen passed a law to have the voting age lowered to 18 it helped because it helped with more of the youth being able to vote.

Organ VS Mitchell

Dec 21, 1970

it is saying the amendment is saying it only applies to federal elections, not state. so it limited state and local election

Congress Made A Decision

Dec 21, 1970

5-4 made the Court rule that Congress could mandate the 18-year-old voting age in federal elections, but not in state and local elections.

Iowa changing to 18

Mar 30, 1971

Iowa was a little late but finally changed there voting age to 18. Iowa was the 11 state to change the voting age.

Ratified the 26th Amendment

Jul 1, 1971

People are saying it's not right for them to be drafted if they can't vote for the president. so they made it an amendment so that they could vote.

First election

Nov 7, 1972

It's so important because it proves that youth can help. The first election was where 18-20-year-olds vote and it was the presidential election.

a national grant

May 29, 1986

johnson a national grant of the right to vote to 18. It was in the middle of the Vietnam war