What amendment prohibits poll taxes in federal elections?

• A. 24th Amendment
• B. 17th Amendment
• C. 21st Amendment
• D. 25th Amendment

Answer: (A)

We’re looking at how voting rights are protected from wealth-based barriers. The 24th Amendment specifically bars denying or abridging the right to vote in federal elections due to the failure to pay a poll tax. This was a response to historical practices that used poll taxes to suppress certain voters, especially Black citizens in the Jim Crow era, by making the ballot unaffordable for many. The other amendments mentioned cover unrelated topics—direct election of senators, repeal of Prohibition, and presidential disability/succession—so they don’t address poll taxes or voting access in federal elections.