W. Va Secretary of State Confers Jennings Randolph Award to EHHS

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By Stephen Smoot

Eleven times between the end of World War II and the middle of the Vietnam War, United States Senator Jennings Randolph brought forth the bill that would start the process of a Constitutional amendment. With the slogan “if you’re old enough for bullets, you’re old enough for ballots,” Randolph pushed hard lowering the voting age to 18.

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