The Twenty Sixth Amendment: Still Alive The twenty sixth amendment is simply stated and has no connotations. In other words, the meaning of it is so blunt that there is little or no room for confusion about what it is saying. It was ratified in 1971 and has extended the right to vote to nearly eleven million Americans between the ages of eighteen and twenty. The twenty sixth amendment states that a citizen of the United …showed first 75 words of 358 total…

…showed last 75 words of 358 total…been fought over it. In a little less than a year, this amendment will affect me personally because I will be eligible to vote. The only thing that the twenty sixth amendment is held inapplicable for is to the Indian tribal elections. Here the age qualification varies from tribe to tribe. Bibliography McClenaghan, William A. Magruder's American Government. Newton: Allyn and Bacon, Inc., 1987. Neuborne, Burt. The Rights of Candidates and Voters. New York: Avon Books, 1976.