Web Exclusive Righting a Wrong The 24th amendment prohibiting the poll tax on voters has been formally approved by the state of Texas—more than four decades later.

The 24th Amendment abolished poll taxes and other taxes in federal elections. It was ratified by the states on January 23, 1964. The United States Supreme Court later expanded the reach of the ...

A leading voting rights advocate has compared the SAVE Act, a bill requiring Americans to provide paper proof of citizenship to vote, to a poll tax.. The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act ...