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This year marks the 50th anniversary of the passage of the 26th Amendment to the United States Constitution. The 26th Amendment reduced the voting age for eligible American citizens from 21 to 18.
What many people don’t know is that in November 1941 then-President Franklin Roosevelt reduced the military draft age from 21 to 18 in order to bolster troop support for the American military during World War II. Jennings Randolph (D-Harrison County) was representing West Virginia as a young congressman at the time. It was West Virginia’s Congressman Jennings Randolph who first said that “If you’re old enough to fight and die for your country, then you are old enough to vote!”. ....

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