The Twenty Fourth Amendment

*Prohibits the federal government or the states from making voters pay a poll tax before they can vote in a national election,

"Section 1: The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for the 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.

Section 2: The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation"