This week's question was, Which state was the second to lower its voting age to 18?

You answered: Kentucky. You are correct!

On Aug. 3, 1943, Georgia voters approved the Georgia Age Requirements for Voting Amendment that lowered the state’s voting age from 21 to 18.

Georgia was the first state to adopt such a measure. Kentucky lowered the voting age to 18 in 1955, and when Alaska and Hawaii became states in 1959, voting ages there were set at 19 and 20 years, respectively.

This activity in the states led to the consideration of the 26th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which says, "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." Congress passed the 26th Amendment on March 23, 1971, and a sufficient number of states adopted it such that Congress ratified it on July 1, 1971.


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