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Florida abortion rights groups collect enough signatures to advance ballot measure (www.nbcnews.com)
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[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago

They should move higher on the basis of the 24th amendment. It makes it quite explicit.

https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-24/

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.

Section 2

  • The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-fourth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution

1966 that the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6–3 in Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections that poll taxes for any level of elections were unconstitutional. It said these violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Subsequent litigation related to potential discriminatory effects of voter registration requirements has generally been based on application of this clause.