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=       = =  The Twenty Sixth Amendment   = By Yerim H., Dolev S., and Diana K.           

   Essential Question:  __How did the issues which prompted the creation of your amendment compaire with the issues they applied to today? __ Back when this amendment was proposed the Vietnam War was going on and so the people believed that the young men and women of our country who were fighting and dying at age 18 should have had the right to vote. The issues apply today because the young soliders serving in Iraq also vote for their leader and commander in chief.

**__ The 26th Amendment states: __ ** ** Section 1 - ** The right for citizens of 18 years or older (in the United States) had the right to vote (they were not denied the right to vote).

** Section 2 - ** Congress has the right to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data/constitution/amendment26/

**__ This amendment in our own words. __** Any one 18 or older can vote rather than 21 or older.

**__ When was this amendment ratified? __** This amendment was ratified on the July of 1971. But it was submitted by Congress to the states on March 23, 1971.

**__ Why is 18 the minimum voting age? __** 18 is the minimum voting age because they beleived that if you were old enough to fight and die for your country then you were old enough to vote. **__ http://find.galegroup.com/ips/retrieve.do?contentSet=IAC-Documents&resultListType=RESULT_LIST&qrySerId=Locale%28en%2C%2C%29%3AFQE%3D%28ke%2CNone%2C14%2926th+amendment%24&sgHitCountType=None&inPS=true&sort=DateDescend&searchType=BasicSearchForm&tabID=T004&prodId=IPS&searchId=R1&currentPosition=13&userGroupName=nysl_me_eastches&docId=CJ112512143&docType=IAC&contentSet=IAC-Documents

What was the argument for lowering the voting age? __** The argument for lowering the voting age was that the people argued that those old enough to serve their country were also old enough to vote for their new leader. **__ What percent of Congress opposed this amendment? __** Wasn't found anywhere. Tried to find the answer but could not find it. **__ What percent of Congress agreed with this amendment? __** Wasn't found anywhere. Tried to find the answer but could not find it. **__ How does this amendment relate to today? __  This amendment relates to today by only letting the people who are 18 or older to vote. ****

__ What percent of eighteen-year-olds voted in the 2008 election? __** In the 2008 election, anywhere between 49.3 percent and 54.5 percent of 18 year olds voted. This is up to a 6 percent increase compared to the percentage of the youth vote in the 2004 election and up to a 13 percent increase compared to the 2000 election. http://www.thetartan.org/2008/11/10/news/elections

**__ How long did it take for this amendment to be ratified? __** **  It took this amendment only 100 days to be passed. ** **__ Are there any other amendments clarifying voting rights? __** Yes, there are. The 15th amendment, that allowed African-american men to vote. The 19th amendment, that allowed women to vote. And finally, the 24th amendment, this amendment allows congress to impose a poll tax because then poor people wouldn't be able to vote. All of these amendments also clarify voting rights other than the 26th amendment.

**__ Who signed this amendment and put it into affect? __** President Richard Nixon signed this amendment and put it into affect.  President Richard Nixon Signing the 26th amendment into affect with 18 year olds bearing witness.

==<<< My current event is about why teenagers should have the right to vote. In this article, one girl finds out that she has to pay taxes but she doesn't get to vote. She thought about the famous slogan, == == "No taxation without representation.". So, she started a petition to lower the voting age. And now, many people (Americans) are acknowledging the thought of the voting age being lowered to 16 or 17. == ==  But not all Americans are agreeing with the Americans who are thinking of lowering the voting age. The disagreeing Americans are saying that teenagers are too immature to vote and that they don't  ==

have enough knowledge about voting and how significantly their choice can change the United States. Now, the Americans who agree with the girl with no representation, are saying that they should
==  let teenagers vote because if they do the teenagers will most likely vote in the next one or two elections. Then, the teenagers will probably vote regularly. And if they don't let teenagers vote, then  ==

those teenagers might not vote at all and that wouldn't do us any good.
~Yerim H.        Article Source: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EPF/is_3_104/ai_n6221099

In 1971, the voting age was changed from 21 to 18 years of age. A lot of people thought it was unfair to be 18-years-old and fight for their country but not able to vote. One person thought that if he was old enough to  fight in the Vietnam War, he should be able to vote for who would be leading him. Some people felt that younger people being able to vote was a good thing, while others felt that it could be threatening. People who felt this threatening thought that they  were just too young to be able to have the right to vote. When the 26th amendment was passed many high school seniors felt excited for their privilege to voting. ~Diana Source: http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1996/news/9606/28/18.year.old.voting/index.shtml


 * __Current Event-__**


 * __Date- July 3rd, 2008.__**

In 2008 a 19 year old student in the university of Minnesota named Max P. Sanders thought it would have been funny if he sold his vote on ebay for 10 dollars. Government officials did not get the pun and took this as a very serious offence. Though he got no bids he was still charged with one count of bribery and breaking a law that was made in 1893 that states that you can't sell your vote. This law was made for two reasons. The first of which being the fact that an election should be a contest of ideas and not of money. The second is that it is only fair that everyone gets one vote. He is now being faced witha 10,000 dollar fine and five years in prison.

[|**http://www.foxnews.**com/politics/elections/2008/07/03/minneapolis-teen-charged-for-trying-to-sell-his-vote-on-ebay]
 * ~Dolev S.**