Previously in U.S. history, in order to vote, you had to pay a tax at the poll. Such poll taxes prevented poor people from voting. They were eliminated with what amendment to the U.S. Constitution?

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The 24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1964, eliminated poll taxes in federal elections, thereby removing a barrier that had prevented many poor people, including a disproportionate number of African Americans, from voting.