<P> The Twenty - fourth Amendment ( Amendment XXIV ) of the United States Constitution prohibits both Congress and the states from conditioning the right to vote in federal elections on payment of a poll tax or other types of tax . The amendment was proposed by Congress to the states on August 27 , 1962 , and was ratified by the states on January 23 , 1964 . </P>
<P> The Twenty - fourth Amendment ( Amendment XXIV ) of the United States Constitution prohibits both Congress and the states from conditioning the right to vote in federal elections on payment of a poll tax or other types of tax . The amendment was proposed by Congress to the states on August 27 , 1962 , and was ratified by the states on January 23 , 1964 . </P>
ratified in 1964 the twenty fourth amendment outlawed this in national elections
ratified in 1964 the twenty fourth amendment outlawed this in national elections
conditioning the right to vote in federal elections on payment of a poll tax or other types of tax
conditioning the right to vote in federal elections on payment of a poll tax or other types of tax