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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 elections. The amendment was proposed by Congress to the states on August 27, 1962, and was ratified by the states on January 23, 1964.
The Twenty-fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution (1964) prohibited poll taxes in federal elections; five states (Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi, Texas and Virginia) continued to require poll taxes for voters in state elections. By this ruling, the Supreme Court banned the use of poll taxes in state elections.
The Voting Rights Act followed the Twenty-fourth Amendment to the United States ... The 24th Amendment, ratified in 1964, abolished the use of the poll ...
1964: Poll tax payment prohibited from being used as a condition for voting in federal elections (only) by the Twenty-fourth Amendment. 1965: Protection of voter registration and voting for racial minorities, later applied to language minorities, is established by the Voting Rights Act of 1965 .
For 1964, it was evident that Virginia's electorate would be substantially increased by the Twenty-fourth Amendment, which banned the poll tax in federal elections and allowed major increases in voter registration during the preceding year. [9]
The poll tax was officially prohibited in 1964 by the Twenty-fourth Amendment. [10] Literacy tests
1964 was a leap year ... February 4 – The Government of the United States authorizes the Twenty-fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution, outlawing the ...
Category: 1964 in American politics. 4 languages. ... Twenty-fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution; C. Civil Rights Act of 1964; F. Michigan Five Fluke ...