THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE VIETNAM WAR
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drive motorized vehicles
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serve as members of juries
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pay federal income taxes
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be drafted into the military
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Twenty-sixth Amendment (Amendment XXVI) to the United States Constitution prohibits the states and the federal government from using age as a reason for denying the right to vote to citizens of the United States who are at least eighteen years old.
Detailed explanation-2: -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. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Sixty-first Amendment of the Constitution of India, officially known as The Constitution (Sixty-first Amendment) Act, 1989, lowered the voting age of elections to the Lok Sabha and to the Legislative Assemblies of States from 21 years to 18 years.
Detailed explanation-4: -On July 1, 1971, our Nation ratified the 26th Amendment to the Constitution, lowering the voting age to 18.
Detailed explanation-5: -The voting age was reduced from 21 to 18 in the year 1989. Q. When was the voting age reduced from 21 years to 18 years in India ?