Twenty-fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Twenty-fourth Amendment (Amendment XXIV) of the United States Constitution prohibits both Congress and the states from requiring the payment of a poll tax or any other tax to vote in federal …
Twenty-fourth Amendment | Definition, Significance, & Facts ...
Twenty-fourth Amendment is an amendment (1964) to the Constitution of the United States that prohibited the federal and state governments from imposing poll taxes before a citizen could …
U.S. Constitution - Twenty-Fourth Amendment | Resources ...
The original text of the Twenty-Fourth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States.
24th Amendment | U.S. Constitution | US Law | LII / Legal ...
The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
24th Amendment - Abolition of Poll Taxes | Constitution Center
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, …
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On this date in 1962, the House passed the Twenty-fourth Amendment, outlawing the poll tax as a voting requirement in federal elections, by a vote of 295 to 86.
24th Amendment to the United States Constitution
The 24th Amendment, ratified in 1964, prohibits poll taxes in federal elections. Poll taxes were used to disenfranchise African Americans and low-income voters.