In Alabama in 1963, an African American woman named Grace Jefferson was kept from voting because she did not have enough money to pay the required tax. What prevents this from happening today?

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Miley

2 April, 05:35

In Alabama in 1963, an African American woman named Grace Jefferson was kept from voting because she did not have enough money to pay the required tax. What prevents this from happening today?

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Emmy Fields · Answer 1

It would be the "Fifteenth amendment" that prevents this from happening today," since this amendment to the United States Constitution ensures that any citizen over a certain age can vote.