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when did the voting age get lowered to 18
On July 5, 1971, President Richard Nixon formally certified the 26th Amendment of the Constitution, which granted 18 year olds the right to vote.
who certified the adoption of the 26th amendment
The Administrator of General Services, Robert Kunzig, certified the adoption of the 26th amendment
Who were witnesses to the passage of the 26th amendment besides Robert Kunzig?
President Nixon and Julianne Jones, Joseph W. Loyd Jr., and Paul S. Larimer of the Young Americans in Concert also signed the 26th amendment certificate as witnesses.

Question: why was the amendment important to the students
Self-contained rewrite: why was the 26th amendment important to the student movement