Twenty-fourth Amendment

noun

1. an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1964, forbidding the use of the poll tax as a requirement for voting in national or U.S. Congressional elections.

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“The Twenty-Fourth Amendment precludes Florida from conditioning voting in federal elections on payment of these fees and costs,” Hinkle wrote, referencing the constitutional amendment that bans poll taxes.

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Constitution and the Twenty-Fourth Amendment’s ban on a poll tax.

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Additionally, the Twenty-fourth Amendment protects us from poll taxes.

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To acquire that document, they must pay a fee, which many believe is the equivalent of the poll tax, banned by the Constitution’s twenty-fourth amendment.

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The Twenty-fourth Amendment, adopted in February 1964, had eliminated the poll tax in federal elections, and the President's new measure carried a strong condemnation of the use of the poll tax in state elections as well.

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