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Oregon v. Mitchell 400 U.S. 112 (1970) is a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that the Congress could set voter age requirements for federal elections but not for state elections. The case also upheld Congress’s nationwide prohibition on literacy tests and similar tests or devices used as voting qualifications as defined in the Voting Rights Act of 1965.Petitioner Oregon was the U.S. state of that name.