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Thanks Greg, I was certainly old enough to vote them, but I was really wondering whom it was that started that ball rolling. After all, we were already into the Viet Nam War by this time, and the age 21 went all the way throught WWII and the Korean Conflict. just me, Marjorie At 04:09 PM 08/19/2000 -0400, you wrote: >Maarjorie, >The 26th amendent to the US Constitution gave 18 year olds the right to >vote and was ratified July 1, 1971. > >Greg >47/35/35 >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Marjorie L. Moorefield" <[log in to unmask]> >To: <[log in to unmask]> >Sent: Saturday, August 19, 2000 3:17 PM >Subject: Non PD: Remembering and voting > > > > A majority of you will remember when you had to be > > 21 years old to vote in the USA. > > > > That never made much sense to me , Men and Women had to be > > 21 years old to vote in a USA election, but they were > > old enough at 18 to join the military and get themselves > > killed in a war, but were not old enough ,in a lot of States, to buy > > a beer. I even hate to bring this up, > > because remembering it makes us almost seem retarded at > > that time, and yet we accepted it without question. > > > > I was almost 25 years old before I could vote. > > My 21st. birthday ,being the last of October ,and > > Kansas where I was born and raised, closed the > > registration on Sept 1 ,and you had to be 21 years > > old before Sept. 1 to vote. > > I wonder who it was who finally wised up and > > changed the voting laws? Does anyone remember? > > > > > > just me, > > Marjorie > >