Eighteen Year Old Vote The Twenty-Sixth Amendment and Subsequent Voting Rates of Newly Enfranchised Age Groups

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civil rights.

Elections.

Youth.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] [publisher not identified] 1983

Summary:

Traces the progress of proposals to expand the right to vote to citizens aged 18-21 years, culminating in the ratification of the 26th amendment to the Constitution. Also reviews the voting rates of the newly enfranchised group and compares them to voting rates of other age groups

Notes:

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Other Format:

Microfiche version Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Eighteen Year Old Vote

Publisher Number:

CRS-1983-GOV-0006

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