Protect the Youth Vote Act of 2020 This bill outlines specific practices that violate the Twenty-Sixth Amendment to the Constitution and establishes procedures to enforce the amendment. The Twenty-Sixth Amendment established 18 as the legal voting age and prohibits denying or abridging the right to vote based on age.
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Timeline
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Government Operations and Politics
Age discriminationCongressional districts and representationConstitution and constitutional amendmentsCriminal investigation, prosecution, interrogationCriminal procedure and sentencingElections, voting, political campaign regulationFederal preemptionFraud offenses and financial crimesGovernment ethics and transparency, public corruptionHigher educationState and local government operationsVoting rights
Protect the Youth Vote Act of 2020
USA116th CongressHR-8053| House
| Updated: 8/14/2020
Protect the Youth Vote Act of 2020 This bill outlines specific practices that violate the Twenty-Sixth Amendment to the Constitution and establishes procedures to enforce the amendment. The Twenty-Sixth Amendment established 18 as the legal voting age and prohibits denying or abridging the right to vote based on age.
Age discriminationCongressional districts and representationConstitution and constitutional amendmentsCriminal investigation, prosecution, interrogationCriminal procedure and sentencingElections, voting, political campaign regulationFederal preemptionFraud offenses and financial crimesGovernment ethics and transparency, public corruptionHigher educationState and local government operationsVoting rights