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MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION 2013
By: Senator(s) Jackson (32nd), Jordan,
Jones, Simmons (12th), Simmons (13th),
Turner, Butler (36th), Butler (38th),
Norwood, Stone, Jolly, Jackson (11th),
Frazier, Bryan, Wilemon, Hale, Dawkins,
Browning
To:
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO.
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A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION POST-RATIFYING AMENDMENT XXVI TO THE
CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES ESTABLISHING THE FEDERAL VOTING
AGE AT AGE 18; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
WHEREAS, the Ninety-Second Congress of the United States by
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Senate Joint Resolution No. 7, on March 10, 1971, by the Senate
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and on March 23, 1971, by the House of Representatives, by the
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required vote of two-thirds of the membership of both houses
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thereof, did propose to the legislatures of the several states an
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amendment to the Constitution of the United States which reads as
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follows:
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"AMENDMENT XXVI
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RIGHT TO VOTE; CITIZENS EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER
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Section 1.
The right of citizens of the United States, who
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are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or
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abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age.
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Section 2.
The Congress shall have power to enforce this
article by appropriate legislation."; and
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WHEREAS, this amendment was declared by the Administrator of
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General Services on July 5, 1971, to have been ratified by the
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legislatures of 39 of the 50 states.
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by the following states:
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March 23, 1971; Minnesota, March 23, 1971; Tennessee, March 23,
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1971; Washington, March 23, 1971; Hawaii, March 24, 1971;
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Massachusetts, March 24, 1971; Montana, March 29, 1971; Arkansas,
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March 30, 1971; Idaho, March 30, 1971; Iowa, March 30, 1971;
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Nebraska, April 2, 1971; New Jersey, April 3, 1971; Kansas, April
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7, 1971; Michigan, April 7, 1971; Alaska, April 8, 1971; Maryland,
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April 8, 1971; Indiana, April 8, 1971; Maine, April 9, 1971;
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Vermont, April 16, 1971; Louisiana, April 17, 1971; California,
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April 19, 1971; Colorado, April 27, 1971; Pennsylvania, April 27,
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1971; Texas, April 27, 1971; South Carolina, April 28, 1971; West
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Virginia, April 28, 1971; New Hampshire, May 13, 1971; Arizona,
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May 14, 1971; Rhode Island, May 27, 1971; New York, June 2, 1971;
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Oregon, June 4, 1971; Missouri, June 14, 1971; Wisconsin, June 22,
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1971; Illinois, June 29, 1971; Alabama, June 30, 1971; Ohio, June
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30, 1971; North Carolina, July 1, 1971; Oklahoma, July 1, 1971.
This amendment was ratified
Connecticut, March 23, 1971; Delaware,
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Ratification was completed on July 1, 1971.
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The amendment was subsequently ratified by Virginia, July 8,
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1971; Wyoming, July 8, 1971; Georgia, October 4, 1971; and
WHEREAS, it is common for state legislatures to continue to
act upon amendments to the U.S. Constitution well after those
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amendments have already received a sufficient number of
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ratifications in order to become part of that document; and
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WHEREAS, the people of present-day Mississippi firmly believe
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that it is fitting and proper that official action be taken now to
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finally place upon Amendment XXVI the special approval of the
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State of Mississippi:
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MISSISSIPPI STATE
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SENATE, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING THEREIN, That
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Amendment XXVI to the Constitution of the United States, quoted
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above and transmitted by resolution of the Ninety-Second Congress
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be, and the same hereby is, post-ratified by the Legislature of
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the State of Mississippi.
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State of the
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State of Mississippi transmit properly attested copies of this
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concurrent resolution to the Archivist of the United States,
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pursuant to Public Law 98-497; to the Vice President of the United
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States, as presiding officer of the U.S. Senate; to the Speaker of
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the U.S. House of Representatives; to both U.S. Senators and to
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all four U.S. Representatives from Mississippi with the request
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that this concurrent resolution's text be reproduced in its
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entirety in the Congressional Record.
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