2008 civics test · Question 54 of 100 · Rights and Responsibilities★ 65/20 question
How old do citizens have to be to vote for President?
In Chinese 公民必须年满几岁才能投票选举总统？
Official answer
- eighteen (18) and older18 岁及以上
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Why this is the answer
Citizens must be eighteen (18) or older to vote for President. The 26th Amendment, adopted in 1971, set the voting age at 18. Before that, many states required voters to be 21. This links to question 48, which covers the amendments about who can vote.
Source: USCIS 100 Civics Questions (PDF)