A state legislature passes a law requiring voters to pay a fifteen-dollar fee to obtain a state-issued identification card, which is the only form of identification accepted to cast a ballot in a federal election. The state does not provide a free alternative identification card. Which of the following constitutional provisions would most likely serve as the primary basis for a legal challenge against this law?
- The Twenty-Fourth Amendment, which prohibits states from denying citizens the right to vote in federal elections for failure to pay a tax.Cevap
- BThe Tenth Amendment, which reserves the power to establish voting qualifications and election administrative fees to the states.
- CThe Fifteenth Amendment, which bans states from utilizing economic prerequisites that impact the voting power of racial minorities.
- DThe constitutional principle of popular sovereignty, which guarantees that all citizens have an absolute and unrestricted right to vote.
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The Twenty-Fourth Amendment, which prohibits states from denying citizens the right to vote in federal elections for failure to pay a tax.
The correct option is correct because the Twenty-Fourth Amendment explicitly prohibits the United States or any state from denying or abridging the right of citizens to vote in federal elections by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax. A state-mandated fee to obtain the only acceptable form of voter identification, without a free alternative, functions as an unconstitutional tax on voting.
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Prohibition of poll taxes and voting barriers under the Twenty-Fourth Amendment