Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States extending the right to vote to citizens sixteen years of age or older.

This proposal would change the U.S. Constitution so that citizens 16 and older have the right to vote. Today the standard minimum is 18; this would lower it to 16 nationwide . The text says the right to vote extends to citizens sixteen years of age or older .

• Key points:
  • Who is affected: Citizens ages 16–17, and election officials who run voter registration and elections .
  • What changes: The minimum voting age would drop from 18 to 16 in the Constitution .
  • Where it applies: Nationwide, as a constitutional rule .