Abolition of Poll Taxes

"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."

The Twenty-fourth AmendmentFourth AmendmentProtects against unreasonable searches and seizures and requires warrants to be based on probable cause and to describe specifically what will be searched.Read the full definition (opens a new tab) bars conditioning the right to votesuffrageThe right to vote. The Constitution never granted it in general terms; it added prohibitions on specific grounds for denying it, one amendment at a time.Read the full definition (opens a new tab) in federal elections on payment of a poll taxpoll taxA fee charged as a condition of voting. Banned in federal elections by the Twenty-Fourth Amendment in 1964 and in state elections by the Supreme Court in 1966.Read the full definition (opens a new tab) or other tax.