THE 24TH AMENDMENT

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.

FACTS

• The Amendment was proposed on August 27, 1962.
• On January 23, 1964, they ratified the amendment to prohibit any poll taxes.
• In 1937, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that poll taxes did not violate the Fourteenth or Fifteenth Amendments.
• In 1966 the Court ruled that such taxes violated the 14th amendment equal rights policy

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