The 24 amendment <span>of the </span>United States Constitution<span> prohibits both </span>Congress<span> and the </span>states<span> from conditioning the right to vote in </span>federal elections<span> on payment of a </span>poll tax<span> or other types of tax. The amendment was proposed by Congress to the states on August 27, 1962, and was </span>ratified<span> by the states on January 23, 1964.</span>