26th Amendment

Passed by Congress March 23, 1971. Ratified July 1, 1971.

Section 1.
The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age.

Section 2.
The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

Breakdown...

The 26th Amendment:

• Prohibits the states and the federal government from denying the right of US citizens, eighteen years of age or older, to vote on account of age.

More information on this Amendment:

•  The movement to lower the voting age from 21 to 18 in the 1960s, was mainly driven by the broader student activism movement protesting the Vietnam War.
•  The impetus for drafting a Constitutional amendment to lower the voting age arose following the Supreme Court's decision in Oregon v. Mitchell, 400 U.S. 112 (1970), which held that Congress may set requirements for voting in federal elections, but is prohibited from setting requirements in state and local elections.

The 26th Amendment was driven by these student activists, many of whom were injured or killed while protesting the Vietnam War. The people opposed to the war at the time were referred to as Hippies. A derogatory term for a peace seeker. It is usually the younger generation that can find the fault that the older generation has become accustomed to, such as the right for an 18yr old to vote.

These men are protesting against the idea that  at 18, you can not vote, but you can be drafted to fight in the Vietnam war. I do believe this to be a great injustice.