Timelines
Right to Vote - Equality for Youth

  • 1941
    … "Old enough to fight, old enough to vote" Coined In Effort To Lower Voting Age

  • 1942
    … West Virginia Senator Proposes Lowering Age To Vote

  • 1943
    … Georgia Becomes First State To Lower Voting Age

  • 1960
    … War Protests Revive Call For Change In Voting Age

  • 1969
    … Resolutions To Lower Voting Age Introduced In Congress

  • 1970
    … Congress Can Lower Voting Age In Federal, But Not State Or Local Elections
    … Other Countries Lower Voting Age

  • 1971
    … 26th Amendment Lowers Voting Age

  • 1972
    … New, Young Voters Turn Out In High Numbers

  • 1999
    … States Consider Lowering Voting Age Further