Civics 101

Ask Civics 101: Why is our voting age eighteen?

10.23.2020 - By NHPRPlay

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We take it for granted that the voting age is eighteen in the United States, but it hasn’t always been this way. We lowered that age from twenty-one in the seventies — so does that mean we could lower it again? Who gets to make that decision? Ask Civics 101 is on the case.

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