The Youth Voting Rights Act affirms Congress's constitutional authority under the 26th Amendment to protect voting rights for citizens aged 18 and older, which the amendment guaranteed over 50 years ago but which remain incompletely realized today. The bill addresses documented barriers young voters face, including disproportionately high rejection rates for provisional and mail-in ballots, lack of campus polling places, age-based restrictions on vote-by-mail access in some states, and widespread confusion about registration and ID requirements—obstacles particularly affecting low-income youth. The legislation requires states to establish polling places on every public college campus for federal elections and to provide alternative voting access at private colleges if they refuse to host polling sites, prohibits age-based restrictions on mail voting, and eliminates age-based voting limitations. To track progress, the bill requires federal agencies to collect and analyze voting data disaggregated by age and race, directs the Government Accountability Office to submit a report within 180 days on registration rejections and ballot rejection rates, and mandates that states submit ballot rejection data to the Election Assistance Commission. The Attorney General and private citizens can enforce these requirements through lawsuits with fee-recovery provisions.