Bill > HJRes23

This Joint Resolution proposes an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would lower the voting age from 18 to 16 for all citizens. It achieves this by repealing the existing twenty-sixth amendment, which established the current voting age, and then enacting a new amendment that explicitly grants the right to vote to citizens who are sixteen years of age or older, preventing the United States or any state from denying or restricting this right based on age. The resolution also grants Congress the authority to pass laws to ensure this amendment is enforced. This proposal requires ratification by three-fourths of the state legislatures within seven years to become part of the Constitution.