Lowering the Voting Age to 18: Hearings, Ninetieth Congress, Second Session. May 14, 15, and 16, 1968U.S. Government Printing Office, 1968 - Всего страниц: 113 |
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18 year olds 18-year-old vote active age of 18 age of 21 age to 18 Alaska alcoholic beverages arguments ballot believe BIRCH BAYH campus Chairman citizens citizenship committee CONGRESS THE LIBRARY Constitutional Amendments D.C. DEAR SENATOR DEAR SENATOR BAYH eighteen elections electorate favor feel franchise Georgia going Governor H.J. Res hearings high school Indiana interest involved issues Judiciary Ken Hechler Kentucky legislation legislatures LIBRARY OF CONGRES LIBRARY OF CONGRESS lowering the voting majority maturity ment minimum age minimum voting age National Student Association older opportunity participate Peace Corps percent person political process polls President problems proposed question reduce the voting responsibility right to vote Senate Joint Resolution society STATEMENT Subcommittee on Constitutional Terry Carpenter Thank tion twenty-one U.S. REPRESENTATIVE U.S. Senate University Vietnam voters voting age requirements Washington West Virginia women young adults young Americans young Republicans
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Стр. 1 - SECTION 1. The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age.
Стр. 26 - A third is that the remarkable "coolness" of American politics is, paradoxically, a sign of our confidence in the durability of democracy. And a fourth, perhaps the most important, is that the American future rests rather on the quality of our votes — and of our participation of every kind — than it does on the quantity. What America needs is not more voters, but more good voters, men and women who are informed, understanding, and reasonable. To produce such men and women in ever larger numbers...
Стр. 2 - SECTION 1. The right of any citizen of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age if such a citizen is eighteen years of age or older.
Стр. 112 - Sec. 1. Every citizen of the United States, who has attained the age of twenty-one years, and has resided within the state for six months and within the county and voting precinct for the terms provided by law, shall be an elector.
Стр. 2 - Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each house concurring therein), that the following Article is hereby proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States...
Стр. 1 - Joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, extending the right to vote to citizens eighteen years of age or older.
Стр. 1 - JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, extending the right to vote to citizens eighteen years of age or older...
Стр. 112 - Sec. 1. Every citizen of the United States who has attained the age of 21 years, who has resided in this state six months, and who meets the requirements of local residence provided by law, shall be an elector and qualified to vote in any election except as otherwise provided in this constitution.
Стр. 34 - Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I do not have any questions. I just want to open an old wound.
Стр. 38 - I am sure it was once fashionable to argue, among young men, that women had no place in public affairs; that they did not know enough about political issues; and that, therefore, the franchise would be accorded to a group incapable of making intelligent choices and decisions.