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Mississippi Voting Age, Amendment 2 (1972)
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The Mississippi Voting Age, Amendment 2, also known as Amendment 2, was on the ballot in Mississippi on November 7, 1972, as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was approved. The amendment proposed that the constitution be amended: Section 241. The amendment proposed that the voting age be set at 18.[1]
Election results
| Mississippi Amendment 2 (1972) | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 Yes | 290,007 | 79.72% | ||
| No | 73,776 | 20.28% | ||
Election results via: Referenda and Primary Elections for Mississippi, 1968-1990
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