Which Amendment forbade requiring the payment of a poll tax to vote in a federal election?

Which Amendment forbade requiring the payment of a poll tax to vote in a federal election?

• A. Amendment 24
• B. Amendment 25
• C. Amendment 26
• D. Amendment 27

Answer: (A)

Raising a barrier to the franchise, like a poll tax, is what this amendment aims to remove. The protection it provides is that you cannot be required to pay a poll tax or any other tax to vote in federal elections. This amendment, ratified in 1964, specifically prohibits denying or abridging the right to vote for President, Vice President, or members of Congress because someone didn’t pay such a tax. The other amendments address different issues: one deals with presidential succession and disability, another lowers the voting age to 18, and another concerns congressional pay raises.

Raising a barrier to the franchise, like a poll tax, is what this amendment aims to remove. The protection it provides is that you cannot be required to pay a poll tax or any other tax to vote in federal elections. This amendment, ratified in 1964, specifically prohibits denying or abridging the right to vote for President, Vice President, or members of Congress because someone didn’t pay such a tax. The other amendments address different issues: one deals with presidential succession and disability, another lowers the voting age to 18, and another concerns congressional pay raises.