Monday, May 5, 2014

Amendment 24

[1.] The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President, for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax.
[2.] The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

Prohibits the revocation of voting rights due to the non-payment of a poll taxes. Ended poll taxes.
Poll taxes are over for the United States

All about why the 24th amendment came to be

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