Question 3 • 670401 American Studies S1 – MYERS, JOSHUA A
The Twenty-sixth Amendment barred states and the federal government from denying the vote to citizens age 18 or older, so states had to let 18-year-olds vote. Because the change was added to the Constitution as an amendment, the new minimum voting age was constitutionally protected. It also meant men could vote at 18, the same age at which they could be drafted; the amendment did not newly grant voting rights to naturalized citizens or leave women with a voting age of 21.
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