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January 23, 1964: Poll Taxes Banned
1media/2020.07.29_Womans_Voting_Rights_1964__1__thumb.jpg2022-02-11T21:35:31+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a4911The 24th Amendment is ratified, prohibiting the use of poll taxes in federal elections. "There can be no one too poor to vote," President Lyndon Johnson says during a ceremony announcing the amendment.plain2022-02-11T21:35:31+00:001964GETTY IMAGES: January 23, 1964: The 24th Amendment was ratified, banning poll taxes in federal elections. Poll taxes were one of the many ways Southern states in the Jim Crow era tried to prevent Black Americans from voting. In some cases, Latinos and Native Americans also faced poll taxes.Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49