Legal Opinion
Harman v. Forssenius
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 27, 1965No. 360PublishedCited by 642 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Warren
We are called upon in this case to construe, for the first time, the Twenty-fourth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States:
“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.”
The precise issue is whether § 24-17.2 of the Virginia Code — which provides that in order to qualify to vote in federal elections one…
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