Fifty years ago today, the 24th Amendment, prohibiting the use of poll taxes as voting ... In Virginia, Alabama and Mississippi the taxes were cumulative, meaning a person seeking to vote had to pay ...

Passed in 1964, the 24th amendment prohibits the obligation ... Ohio both went on record in support of the 14th Amendment, extending the definition of full citizenship to persons of all races ...

The 24th Amendment abolished poll taxes and other taxes in federal elections. It was ratified by the states on January 23, 1964. The United States Supreme Court later expanded the reach of the ...

They also had varying levels of difficulty exercising that right before the 24th Amendment prohibited poll taxes, which were deemed to be discriminatory. A compliment to the Civil Rights Act as part ...

Summers, retired judge and state attorney general. The 24th Amendment abolished poll taxes and other taxes in federal elections. It was ratified by the states on January 23, 1964. The United ...

The lawmakers acted by approving a proposed 24th Amendment to the Constitution. At the time, five states — Virginia, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas and Texas — maintained poll taxes which ...

New Delhi, April 24: A special 13-Judge Bench of the Supreme Court to-day unanimously held the constitutional validity of the Constitution (24th Amendment) Act, 1971 — passed by Parliament as a ...

Summers, retired judge and state attorney general. The 24th Amendment abolished poll taxes and other taxes in federal elections. It was ratified by the states on January 23, 1964. The United ...