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Congress attempted to lower the voting age to 18 for all elections in the Voting Rights Act of 1970, but the Supreme Court ruled that Congress could not set the voting age for state elections in ''Oregon v. Mitchell'', 400 U.S. 112 (1970).  The states ratified this Amendment in record time - less than four months after Congress passed it.

Congress attempted to lower the voting age to 18 for all elections in the Voting Rights Act of 1970, but the Supreme Court ruled that Congress could not set the voting age for state elections in ''Oregon v. Mitchell'', 400 U.S. 112 (1970).  The states ratified this Amendment in record time - less than four months after Congress passed it - in large part because men of eighteen were being drafted to fight in the Vietnam War. It was felt that if you were old enough to die for your country, you were old enough to vote.

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