Granting Citizens who Have Attained the Age of Eighteen the Right to Vote
Title | Granting Citizens who Have Attained the Age of Eighteen the Right to Vote PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary |
Publisher | |
Pages | 26 |
Release | 1953 |
Genre | Constitutional amendments |
ISBN |
Granting Citizens Who Have Attained the Age of Eighteen the Right To Vote
Title | Granting Citizens Who Have Attained the Age of Eighteen the Right To Vote PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Constitutional Amendments |
Publisher | |
Pages | 28 |
Release | 1953 |
Genre | Constitutional law |
ISBN |
Considers (83) S.J. Res. 53, (83) S.J. Res. 64.
Granting Citizens Who Have Attained the Age of Eighteen the Right To Vote
Title | Granting Citizens Who Have Attained the Age of Eighteen the Right To Vote PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Constitutional Amendments |
Publisher | |
Pages | 19 |
Release | 1953 |
Genre | Constitutional law |
ISBN |
Considers (83) S.J. Res. 53, (83) S.J. Res. 64.
Granting to Citizens of the United States who Have Attained the Age of 18 the Right to Vote
Title | Granting to Citizens of the United States who Have Attained the Age of 18 the Right to Vote PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary |
Publisher | |
Pages | 2 |
Release | 1952 |
Genre | Citizenship |
ISBN |
Granting citizens who have attained the age of eighteen the right to vote. Hearings before a subcommittee of the Committee in the Judiciary
Title | Granting citizens who have attained the age of eighteen the right to vote. Hearings before a subcommittee of the Committee in the Judiciary PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1953 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Granting Citizens who Have Attained the Age of Eighteen the Right to Vote
Title | Granting Citizens who Have Attained the Age of Eighteen the Right to Vote PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary |
Publisher | |
Pages | 34 |
Release | 1953 |
Genre | Constitutional amendments |
ISBN |
"Let Us Vote!"
Title | "Let Us Vote!" PDF eBook |
Author | Jennifer Frost |
Publisher | NYU Press |
Pages | 384 |
Release | 2022-01-18 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1479811327 |
""Let Us Vote" tells the story of the multifaceted endeavor to achieve youth voting rights in the United States. Over a thirty-year period from World War II to the early 1970s, Americans, old and young, Democrat and Republican, in politics and culture built a movement and momentum for the 26th Amendment to the US Constitution. This amendment gave the right to vote to 18, 19, and 20-year olds in 1971, and it was the last time that the United States significantly expanded voting rights. The 26th Amendment means a major expansion of American democracy came right end of "the sixties." Progress toward achieving youth suffrage built on the decade's many developments, most importantly the movement and legislation for African-American civil and voting rights. This story illuminates the process of achieving political change, with the convergence of "top-down" initiative and "bottom-up" mobilization, coalition-building, multiple arguments, and strategic flexibility leading to success. Supporters came from a broad, bipartisan group of Americans and achieved a constitutional amendment that benefited every constituency in the nation. With the 50th anniversary of this important constitutional amendment this year [2021], and as calls for lowering the voting age to sixteen multiply today within the context of climate crisis, gun violence, and police brutality-all of which affect young people disproportionately-the 26th Amendment deserves our attention, application, and appreciation"--