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Originally Posted by flstf
Section 2 of the 14th Amendment goes on to establish voting rights for male citizens twenty-one years of age. I guess they could probably straighten up this wording at the same time but I imagine other rulings already supercede it.
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Women were enfranchised by the 19th Amendment in 1920 and the voting age was dropped to 18 by the 26th Amendment in 1971.
In order to have this bill be even passingly constitutional, we'd need to have a new constitutional amendment ratified for it. Can't really see that happening.
It's not out of the question though. Most Americans think the Constitution is an old, dusty document. Certainly our Chief Executive thinks that. Did you know the latest amendmement was in 1992? That's right, the fightin' 27th, which forbade congress from giving itself more than one pay raise per term.