Skip to Main Content

26th Amendment | What is the Twenty-Sixth Amendment?

The Twenty-Sixth Amendment in the Constitution grants citizens aged eighteen the right to vote

Read the Additional Amendments

Twenty-Sixth Amendment

Section 1. The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age.
Section 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
Note: Amendment 14, section 2, of the Constitution was modified by section 1 of the 26th amendment.