Bill > HJRes23

This Joint Resolution proposes an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which is the supreme law of the land, to change who is eligible to vote. Specifically, it would repeal the twenty-sixth article of amendment, which currently sets the voting age at eighteen, and replace it with a new section that grants the right to vote to all U.S. citizens who are sixteen years of age or older. This means that neither the federal government nor any state could prevent someone from voting simply because they are under eighteen, as long as they are at least sixteen. The resolution also states that Congress would have the authority to pass laws to ensure this new voting right is protected.