How would lowering the voting age to 16 violate the 26th Amendment? (I assume that's what you're talking about) Read it carefully.
It would be stupid, but IMHO would be constitutional.
I have read the 26th Amendment carefully.
The wording clearly establishes the minimum age for voting in Federal elections. In essence, it creates the basement and you can't go lower than that established basement without changing the Constitution or without an action by a Federal court nullifying that section.
Section 1 states: "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."
Congress could pass a law saying 10 year olds could vote in Federal elections, but it would be challenged, and likely overturned, on the clear basis of the wording in Section 1.
The phrase "on account of age" clearly means that Congress can't pass a law saying that yeah, you're 20, but we're still not going to let you vote.
But the phrase "on account of age" does NOT nullify "18 years & older" to give those under 18 the vote.
