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Amendment XXVI · Section 1

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The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age.

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Passed by Congress March 23, 1971. Ratified July 1, 1971. (Note: Amendment 14, Section 2 of the Constitution was modified by Section 1 of the 26th Amendment.)

Source: the uploaded National Constitution Center edition. Historical wording and its bracket markers remain visible; later amendments and the reading notes explain changes.

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