Introduction

The 26th Amendment is important because it allows people eighteen and older to vote. Not even Congress can deny it. It was ratified in 1971.

Summary of the 26th Amendment

           This Amendment states that everyone who is eighteen years or older has the right to vote. No one in any state or in the U.S. gets to take this right away from you if you are eighteen. Not even Congress.  Their vote cannot be denied if they are old enough. This Amendment was ratified in 1971.