Editor's note: This is a regular feature on issues related to the Constitution and civics education written by Paul G. Summers, retired judge and state attorney general. The 26th Amendment, ratified ...

For a long time voting in this country was called a right, but was more of a privilege. The franchise was accepted as a matter of course for white men, but others--such as women and black ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (Gray Media Iowa Capitol Bureau) - There will be two constitutional amendments on Iowans’ ballots this fall. One of them seeks to guarantee the right for young people to vote. The ...

Iowans will decide this November if the legal voting age and language around citizenship should be changed in the state constitution. The proposed changes are one of two constitutional amendments that ...

The Constitution has guaranteed our freedoms and rights for over 200 years. In this regular series, Dean Leonard Baynes with the University of Houston Law Center looks at the Amendments and how they ...