Civics Storyboard-26th Amendment-18 Year Olds Get To Vote! Part 2
Snemalna Knjiga Besedilo
- Senate
- It Passed In The Senate
- 18-year-olds should be able to vote!
- It Passed In The House Of Representatives
- House of Representatives
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- Agreed, 18-year-olds should be able to vote!
- It Was Ratified By 38 States
- On March 10, 1971 The 26th Amendment unanimously passed in the senate. All 94 senators voted in favor of the voting age being lowered to 18-years-old. (History.com-2021)
- 18-Year-Olds Were Granted The Right To Vote
- Votes
- 1971
- Then, on March 23rd 1917, 401 representatives voted for the voting age to be lowered to 18-years-old and only 19 apposed the change. (archives.gov-2021)
- Back Then, That Enabled 11 Million People To Vote
- 2020
- And finally, on July 1st 1971, the 26th amendment reached the necessary 3/4 ratification, with 38 stated ratifying the 26th amendment. It took just 100 days to reach the necessary 3/4 ratification! (archives.gov-2021)
- Nowadays, It Enables Around 77 Million People To Vote
- Yay! We can all vote!
- “On July 5, 1971,President Richard Nixon formally certified the 26th Amendment of the Constitution, which granted 18-year-olds the right to vote.” (History.com-2021)
- Back then, that enabled over 11 million people to vote, over which half did. In the next election (November 7th, 1972) five and a half million people 18, 19, and 20 years old, voted!
- Yay! We can all now vote!
- Nowadays, this enables around 77 million people to vote. Of which around 53.5% or 39 million do! Around 39 million adults ages 18, 19, and 20 voted last year in the 2020 election! That is one of the highest young voter rates ever!
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