todaysdocument: This is the resolution proposing the Twenty-Fourth Amendment, which was ratified January 23, 1964, and grants that the right to vote shall not be denied by reason of failure by a U.S. Citizen to pay any poll tax.  Poll taxes were used by some states during Reconstruction to prevent African Americans from voting. Joint Resolution Proposing the Twenty-Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution, 08/27/1962 via DocsTeach
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This is the resolution proposing the Twenty-Fourth Amendment, which was ratified January 23, 1964, and grants that the right to vote shall not be denied by reason of failure by a U.S. Citizen to pay any poll tax.  Poll taxes were used by some states during Reconstruction to prevent African Americans from voting.

Joint Resolution Proposing the Twenty-Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution, 08/27/1962

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    24th Amendment
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    voting is a right, not a privilege. But if you don’t exercise your right, you set yourself up to lose it.
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    A wise measure indeed.
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