Read this amendment and answer the question that follows: "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 poll tax or other tax."-twenty-fourth amendment what was the effect of this amendment?

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Oliver Boone

30 May, 08:14

Read this amendment and answer the question that follows: "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 poll tax or other tax."-twenty-fourth amendment what was the effect of this amendment?

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Dereon Buckley · Answer 1

This amendment forbid any Congress members or states from requiring poll taxes in order for the populace to vote in federal elections. Basically, it guaranteed that the population had the right to vote, regardless of their ability to pay any sort of financial taxing that had been required once before.