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On Feb. 3, 1870, the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified.

After the city council unanimously passed an ordinance that would allow them to vote started in april. it's the first statewide initiative of its kind, and as the new york times reports, it makes no work at the largest community to expand voting rights to younger residents since the 26th amendment lowered the voting age to 18 in 1971. immediately, this is the work move will give students of newark more say over what happens in their schools and in their lives. joining us now are two of those students, 16 year old nate esubonteng and breanna campbell, who helped push the newark city council to ...

His efforts fell painfully short of persuasion.

Several of the court’s conservative justices seemed skeptical of an argument against taxing undistributed income from investments in foreign companies.

The 26th Amendment was ratified in 1971. The fight to allow 18 year-olds to vote was in response to war drafts. Legislation and court battles ensued.