Read this excerpt from the Twenty-Fourth Amendment:
Section 1.
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 any poll tax or other tax.3
What problem did this amendment solve?
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A. White and African American voters were charged different
amounts to vote.
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B. Poor white Americans were prevented from voting if they
could not afford the tax.
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C. States could not conduct elections because they funded
them with poll taxes voters could not afford to pay.
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D. Southern states charged voters for exercising a right
guaranteed by the Constitution.