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HJRES 138 115th Congress House Government Operations and Politics Age discrimination Constitution and constitutional amendments Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Political representation Voting rights

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States extending the right to vote to citizens sixteen years of age or older.

Introduced: August 3, 2018 Introduced by: Meng, Grace Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Aug 3, 2018
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Constitutional Amendment

This joint resolution lowers the minimum age for the right to vote from 18 to 16.

What's happening now August 3, 2018

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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