24th Amendment to the United States Constitution

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Amendment to the United States Constitution constitutional amendment

The 24th Amendment to the United States Constitution is a 1964 amendment that abolished the poll tax in federal elections, strengthening voting rights protections and advancing the goals of the civil rights movement.

Aliases (5)

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Amendment to the United States Constitution → constitutional amendment →
addresses	discriminatory voting practices → voter suppression →
amends	United States Constitution →
appliesTo	elections for President and Vice President of the United States → elections for Representative in Congress → elections for Senator → elections for electors for President and Vice President of the United States →
constitutionalArticleType	Article (amendment) of the Constitution of the United States →
containsSection	Section 1 → Section 2 →
country	United States of America →
effectiveDate	January 23, 1964 →
followedBy	Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution →
grantsPowerTo	United States Congress →
grantsPowerType	enforcement power →
historicalContext	civil rights movement →
holding	state poll taxes in state elections violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment →
inspiredLegislation	federal voting rights enforcement measures →
jurisdiction	federal elections in the United States →
language	English →
legalDomain	constitutional law → election law →
legalEffect	abolished poll taxes in federal elections →
locatedInDocument	United States Constitution →
notableSupremeCourtCaseRelated	Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections →
precededBy	Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution →
primaryTarget	poll taxes used to disenfranchise African American voters → poll taxes used to disenfranchise poor voters →
prohibits	conditioning the right to vote in federal elections on payment of a poll tax → conditioning the right to vote in federal elections on payment of any other tax →
proposalDate	August 27, 1962 →
proposedBy	United States Congress →
purpose	advance civil rights → eliminate economic barriers to voting in federal elections → strengthen voting rights protections in federal elections →
ratificationDate	January 23, 1964 →
ratificationOrder	Twenty-fourth amendment ratified →
ratifiedBy	the States →
relatedTo	Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution → Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution → Voting Rights Act of 1965 →
sectionCount	2 →
shortName	Twenty-fourth Amendment →
subject	poll tax → voting rights →
textOfSection1	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. →
textOfSection2	The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. →
yearOfRatification	1964 →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution ("Twenty-fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution") → Voting Rights Act of 1965 ("Twenty-Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution") →	relatedTo
Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution ("Twenty-fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution") →	comparedWith
Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections ("Twenty-Fourth Amendment") →	doesNotRelyOn
United States constitutional amendments ("Twenty-Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution") →	includes
American civil rights movement →	influenced
United States federal elections ("Twenty-fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution") →	pollTaxProhibitionBasis
24th Amendment to the United States Constitution ("Twenty-fourth Amendment") →	shortName