Amendment XXIV (the
Twenty-fourth Amendment) of the
United States Constitution prevents any rights from being abridged due to failure to pay
poll tax or other
tax. Thirteen years after it was proposed and nearly two years after the measure had been passed by the
United States Senate 77-16, the 24th Amendment was ratified on
January 23,
1964.
The full text of this amendment is available online [1] (http://www.archives.gov/exhibit_hall/charters_of_freedom/constitution/amendments_11-27#24).
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