In the late 1960s,college students in California launched a campaign called "Let Us Vote," or "LUV," to lower the minimum legal voting age from 21 to 18.Congress passed a law that mandated voting rights for eighteen- to twenty-one-year-olds.However,the Supreme Court ruled that states had the right to set their own voting age restrictions.Some states set the voting age at 18,while others left it at 21.As a result,many young people on Election Day had to be given separate ballots because they were only permitted to vote for federal offices.This is an example of a ____________________.

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This situation is an example of a coordination problem because the federal government and the states were not able to coordinate and agree on a uniform voting age. This led to confusion and difficulties for young voters who were eligible to vote for federal offices but not other local offices.

In the Late 1960s,college Students in California Launched a Campaign