Oregon v. Mitchell
United States Supreme Court
400 U.S. 112 (1970)
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Congress extended an existing ban on literacy tests as a voting prerequisite to all state and federal elections and separately lowered the voting age from 21 to 18 for all elections, prompting a challenge to Congress's authority to impose both changes on state elections.
IssueFree
Whether Congress has authority to ban literacy tests nationwide and to lower the voting age in state elections.