Twenty-fourth Amendment

GPTKB entity

Statements (18)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:constitutional_law
gptkbp:appliesTo gptkb:United_States_federal_elections
gptkbp:enforcedBy gptkb:Congress_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Twenty-fifth_Amendment
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Twenty-fourth Amendment
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Twenty-third_Amendment
gptkbp:prohibits poll tax in federal elections
gptkbp:proposedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
August 27, 1962
gptkbp:ratifiedBy January 23, 1964
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:activist
voting rights
gptkbp:section 2
The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
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:United_States_presidential_elections
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5