Question

\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.\

which amendment is the source of this quote?

• fifteenth amendment
• nineteenth amendment
• twenty-fourth amendment
• twenty-sixth amendment

Explanation:

Analyze the quoted text

Using the Constitutional Amendments knowledge point, we identify the core subject of the quote. The text states that the right to vote "shall not be denied or abridged... by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax." This explicitly bans the use of poll taxes in federal elections.

Identify the corresponding amendment

We evaluate the historical purpose of each constitutional amendment listed in the options to find the correct match:

• The Fifteenth Amendment prohibits denying the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
• The Nineteenth Amendment prohibits denying the right to vote based on sex.
• The Twenty-fourth Amendment specifically 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 Twenty-sixth Amendment prohibits denying the right to vote to citizens eighteen years of age or older on account of age.

Therefore, the source of the quote is the Twenty-fourth Amendment.

Answer:

• (A) Fifteenth Amendment
• (B) Nineteenth Amendment
• (C) Twenty-fourth Amendment (Correct answer)
• (D) Twenty-sixth Amendment