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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 >