The voting age of eighteen was set by
A) Congress.
B) the Twenty-Sixth Amendment.
C) the Nineteenth Amendment.
D) the Supreme Court.
E) the states.

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The Twenty-Sixth Amendment, which was ratified in 1971, set the voting age at eighteen for all federal, state, and local elections. Prior to this amendment, many states had set their own voting ages, but this amendment established a consistent, nationwide standard.

The Voting Age of Eighteen Was Set by