[Excellence]

But it was Richard Nixon who signed an extension of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that required the voting age to be 18 in all federal, state, and local elections.

Because risking one's life for one's country at age 19 without being allowed to vote is the ultimate form of taxation without representation. And it can't have been in 1965 because he wasn't president then.

But in 1971, it took just over two months for the required 38 states to ratify the 26th Amendment -- the quickest ratification in history.

http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1996/news/9606/28/18.year.old.voting/index.shtml

[Iron Munro]

And it can't have been in 1965 because he [Nixon] wasn't president then.

That is not what I said.

You didn't actually read what I posted before you jumped all over me.

Did you?

Here is my comment:

But it was Richard Nixon who signed an extension of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that required the voting age to be 18 in all federal, state, and local elections.

Note that Nixon signed an extension of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

He did not sign an extension of the Voting Rights Act in 1965.