Twenty-sixth Amendment

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Twenty-sixth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution

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  *Changed by section 1 of the 26th amendment.†  (source) United States 'Founding Fathers', The Constitution of the United States, 1787
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  Note: Amendment 14, section 2, of the Constitution was modified by section 1 of the 26th amendment.†  (source) United States 'Founding Fathers', The Constitution of the United States, 1787
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  The Twenty-sixth Amendment was ratified in 1971. At that time the United States could draft men who were at least eighteen years old into the military. There was a sense that someone old enough to be drafted ought to be old enough to vote.†