24th Amendment to the United States Constitution

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/24th_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:constitutional_law
gptkbp:affects voting rights in the United States
gptkbp:appliesTo gptkb:United_States_federal_elections
gptkbp:category gptkb:Civil_rights_amendment
gptkbp:enforcedBy gptkb:United_States_federal_government
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:25th_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 24th Amendment to the United States Constitution
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:23rd_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:prohibits denial of right to vote for non-payment of poll tax
gptkbp:proposedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
August 27, 1962
gptkbp:purpose prohibit poll taxes in federal elections
gptkbp:ratifiedBy gptkb:United_States
January 23, 1964
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965
gptkbp:section 2
gptkbp:signedBy gptkb:Lyndon_B._Johnson
gptkbp:textBegins Section 1. 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:25th_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4