S. 5481

Youth Voting Rights Act

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Sec. 11. Absentee voting

(a) Enforcement of 26th amendment. Section 301(a)(1) of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C. 10701(a)(1)) is amended by inserting before the period at the end the following: , including denials or abridgements of the rights of citizens of the United States to vote on account of age as a result of age-based restrictions for individuals of legal voting age to voting by mail.

(b) Sense of Congress. It is the sense of Congress that age-based restrictions for individuals of legal voting age to vote by mail constitute a violation of the 26th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.