26 Amendment

• The 26 Amendments guarantees anyone at the age of eighteen to vote.
• The amendment today makes sure that everyone in the country has the right to vote and have a say on what is going on in our government.
• The issue today that we have with voting is that younger people (18-24) don't vote. This is an issue because our population consist of many younger people. They think that their vote doesn't count, but it does.

27 Amendment

• The 27 Amendment regulates the pay of the senators and representatives until the election of new representatives.
• The amendment today makes sure that people in congress gets paid fairly. This amendment makes sure that people running for congress can not vote for themselves so they can get a pay raise.
• This amendment took 200 years to be ratified. Only six states ratified this amendment and you need 11 to pass the amendment.