HARPER V. VIRGINIA BOARD OF ELECTIONS

'''Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections''', , was a case in which the U.S. Supreme Court found that Virginia's poll tax was unconstitutional under the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment. The Twenty-fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibited poll taxes in federal elections; the Supreme Court extended this prohibition to state elections.
The case was filed by Virginia resident Annie E. Harper. After being dismissed by a district court, the case went to the United States Supreme Court. In a 6-3 vote, the Court ruled in favor of Ms. Harper. The Court noted that “a state violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution whenever it makes the affluence of the voter or payment of any fee an electoral standard. Voter qualifications have no relation to wealth.”
This ruling reversed a prior decision by the Court, Breedlove v. Suttles, , which supported poll taxes.

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★ The Voting Rights Act of 1965, USDOJ.gov

★ "Not the Rich, More Than the Poor: Poverty, Race, and Campaign Finance Reform" by John C. Bonifaz