Which event helped get the voting age lowered to 18?

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Evgeniy Tkachenko · Answer 1 · 2022-07-28T20:46:31+0000

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In 1970, Senator Ted Kennedy proposed amending the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to lower the voting age nationally. On June 22, 1970, President Richard Nixon signed an extension of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that required the voting age to be 18 in all federal, state, and local elections.

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