24th Amendment
Published on Nov 18, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Section 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.
Section 2.
The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
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The 24th amendment was important to the Civil Rights Movement as it ended mandatory poll taxes that prevented many African Americans from voting. Poll taxes, combined with grandfather clauses and intimidation, effectively prevented African Americans from having any sort of political power, especially in the South. When the 24th amendment passed, five southern states, Virginia, Alabama, Texas, Arkansas, and Mississippi still had poll taxes. Most Southern states, at one time or another had poll taxes and in severe cases, had cumulative poll taxes that required the voter to pay taxes not just from that year, but also previous years they had not voted.
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The 24th amendment gave every United States Citizen the equal right to vote.
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The southern states liked the poll taxes because it prevented a majority of African Americans from voting and it brought in a little extra bit of revenue to the states.
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The 24th Amendment was proposed by a two-thirds vote of each house of Congress, and ratified by three-quarters of the state legislature.
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The 24th Amendment did give every citizen the equal right to vote. It also allowed African Americans to gain more rights because they were finally allowed to voice there opinions by voting.
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Oregon vs. Mitchell
Oregon, Texas, and Idaho brought suit in the Supreme Court against the United States and Attorney General John Mitchell to challenge the Voting Rights Act Amendments of 1970. They claimed that only the States, and not Congress, have the authority to establish qualification rules for voters in State and local elections
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