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Thursday, March 12, 2026
The Daily Pennsylvanian

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While many youth voters today may take their right to vote for granted, the 50th anniversary of the ratification of the 26th Amendment highlights that only a few decades ago, most undergraduate students at Penn were denied access to the ballot on the basis of age alone. Kylie Cooper

While many youth voters today may take their right to vote for granted, the 50th anniversary of the ratification of the 26th Amendment highlights that only a few decades ago, most undergraduate students at Penn were denied access to the ballot on the basis of age alone.