LOWERING THE VOTING AGE TO 18

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY
UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-FIRST CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

ON

S.J. RES. 7, S.J. RES. 19, S.J. RES. 32, S.J. RES. 34
S.J. RES. 38, S.J. RES. 73, S.J. RES. 87, S.J. RES. 102
S.J. RES. 105, S.J. RES. 141, S.J. RES. 147

Relating to Proposed Constitutional Amendments Lowering the
Voting Age to 18

February 16, 17, March 9, 10, 1970

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Printed for the use of the Committee on the Judiciary

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1970

Randolph, Hon. Jennings, U.S. Senator from the State of West Virginia__

Sorensen, Mr. Theodore, former Special Counsel to President Kennedy.

Menninger, Dr. W. Walter, member National Commission on the Causes

and Prevention of Violence..

Hayakawa, Dr. S. I., president, San Francisco State College.

MacGowan, Mr. Ian, executive director of the Youth Franchise Coali-

tion...

Wideman, Mr. Clark, Midwest consultant for Youth Franchise Coalition_

Blumenauer, Mr. Earl, director of Oregon Referendum to Lower Voting

Age....

DiScuillo, Mr. Alan, research consultant, Youth Franchise Coalition..

FEBRUARY 17, 1970

Cowger, Hon. William, U.S. Representative from the State of Kentucky-

Kleindienst, Deputy Attorney General Richard, Justice Department__

Lumley, Mr. John, National Education Association.

Gonzales, Mr. Charles, president of Student National Education Asso-

ciation

95

Clark, Ramsey, former U.S. Attorney General.

102

Springer, Private Gerald.

111

Lowenstein, Hon. Allard, U.S. Representative from the State of New York.

Bogardo, Mr. Stephen, National Businessmen's Council

Megel, Mr. Carl, American Federation of Teachers.

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120

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MARCH 9, 1970

Goldwater, Hon. Barry, U.S. Senator from the State of Arizona...

Brown, James Jr., national youth director, National Association for the

Advancement of Colored People.--.

131

150

Queen, Miss Philomena, youth regional chairman, Middle Atlantic region of

the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

Kennedy, Hon. Edward M., U.S. Senator from the State of Massachu-

152

155

setts.

MARCH 10, 1970

Railsback, Hon. Tom, U.S. Representative from the State of Illinois_-_

Mead, Dr. Margaret, professor of anthropology, Columbia University,

New York..

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222

Rehnquist, Assistant Attorney General, Justice Department.
Pollak, Dean Louis, Yale Law School, New Haven, Conn..........

233

249

Speiser, Mr. Lawrence, American Civil Liberties Union, Washington, D.C..

Blumenauer, Mr. Earl, director of Oregon Referendum to Lower Voting

Age..

57

Bogardo, Mr. Stephen L., member of board of directors, National Business-

men's Council..

120

Brown, Mr. James Brown Jr., national youth director, National Associa-

tion for the Advancement of Colored People - -

(III)

150