24th Amendment

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/24th_Amendment
GPTKB entity
Statements (19)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:constitutional_law
gptkbp:affects gptkb:17th_Amendment
gptkb:Article_I,_Section_2_of_the_U.S._Constitution
gptkbp:appliesTo gptkb:United_States_federal_elections
gptkbp:enforcedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 24th Amendment
gptkbp:numberInConstitution 24
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:prohibits poll tax in federal elections
gptkbp:proposedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
August 27, 1962
gptkbp:purpose eliminate economic barriers to voting
gptkbp:ratifiedBy January 23, 1964
gptkbp:signedBy gptkb:Lyndon_B._Johnson
gptkbp:statesRatified 38
gptkbp:textBegins 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.
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Suffrage_in_the_United_States
gptkb:U.S._federal_elections
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6