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.
The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
Got rid of any taxs or tests that had to be passed for a citizan to be able to vote. Allowed more African Americans the ability to vote.
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Poll taxes were not the only thing keeping African Americans from voting, there were also literacy or understanding tests that had to be passed first.
In the Jim Crow south voters were made to pay poll taxes before they could vote. This would not be a problem for most whites but african americans could not afford this. Poll taxes were the souths legal way of getting around the 15th amendment. The 24th made sure that all citizans could vote and that no local government could stop them.
Got rid of any taxs or tests that had to be passed for a citizan to be able to vote. Allowed more African Americans the ability to vote.
.Poll taxes were not the only thing keeping African Americans from voting, there were also literacy or understanding tests that had to be passed first.
In the Jim Crow south voters were made to pay poll taxes before they could vote. This would not be a problem for most whites but african americans could not afford this. Poll taxes were the souths legal way of getting around the 15th amendment. The 24th made sure that all citizans could vote and that no local government could stop them.
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