Go here to view a slide show on the evolution of Paricutin prepared by Scott Rowland. Sources of Information: Foshag, W.F., and Gonzalez-Reyna, J., 1956, Birth and development of Paricutin volcano: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 965-D, p. 355-489.
In 1971, the Twenty-sixth Amendment set the legal voting age at 18 for both US federal and state elections.
In the United States nineteen states permit 17-year-olds to vote in primary elections and caucuses if they will be 18 years of age, by election day.