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 poll tax or other tax.
Section 2
The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
Yet another standardization of the voting method by Congress, this amendment protects the right to vote without the burden of a poll tax or any other method of payment to vote. This protects the right in its purest form and does not discriminate against people without the financial means to support a poll tax. This is a great amendment (I believe), but if you disagree please comment below and let me know why!
Before this amendment, some people just did not vote in elections because of the cost. What would happen if we instituted a poll tax now? What ways are trying to be instituted in the country currently? (Hint: check out Missouri's bill to require a state recognized ID to vote... a $25 fee if you don't have a driver's licence.)
A poll tax: is it just in regards to money? Or are there other costly ways in which voting can "tax" its citizens?
For more information about this amendment, click here.
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