It was not until the 26th Amendment was ratified in 1971 that there was a uniform minimum voting age set in the US that applied to all elections at all levels of government in all states.Many of the ideas in the US Constitution come from earlier history including the teachings of John Locke about "life, liberty, and property."The US Constitution guarantees that just because some specific right is not mentioned does not mean that people do not have that right.The Constitution does not grant an explicit right to privacy, but it does provide the "penumbra" of such a right when various rights are considered together.

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