Rights and responsibilities · Question 9 of 12
Which amendment lowered the voting age to 18?
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Answer
- C The 26th Amendment
Explanation
The 26th Amendment of 1971 forbids denying citizens aged 18 or older the vote on account of age; before that, the voting age was usually 21. One argument was that 18-year-olds were being drafted for the Vietnam War.