In Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections (1966), the Supreme Court held that poll taxes in state elections violated the __________ Amendment.

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The Fifteenth Amendment prohibits the states from denying a citizen the right to vote based on their race, color, or previous condition of servitude. The Court held that poll taxes, which required voters to pay a fee before casting their ballot, discriminated against poor African Americans and were therefore unconstitutional under the Fifteenth Amendment.

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