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HJRES 16 118th Congress House Government Operations and Politics Age discrimination Constitution and constitutional amendments Elections, voting, political campaign regulation 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: January 11, 2023 Introduced by: Meng, Grace Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jan 11, 2023
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment to lower the minimum age for the right to vote from 18 to 16.

What's happening now January 11, 2023

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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