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A democrat from West Virginia Introduced a bill to lower the age to vote. This was the first of the 11 times he proposed such a bill.
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Georgia lower there voting age to 18 due to the public interest in state election.
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First president to publically voice the support of the 26th amendment in 1945
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Ted proposed amending the "Voting Rights of 1965" to lower the voting age nationally.
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Oregon and Texas did not approve of the new amendment and challenged the law in front of the supreme court. They wanted it so they still got to chose the state and local age limit of age.
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Nixon signed an extension that made it so all voting ages in national, state, and local governments were 18 years of age.
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Congress voted 94-0 for the 26th amendment to guarantee that the minimum voting age could not be higher than 18.
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The house of representatives votes 401-19 in favor of the proposed amendment and the amendment was passed.
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The final state needed to ratify the amendment was the thirty-eighth state, North Carolina.
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The Administration of General Services certifies its adoption.
