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 PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE

CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES EIGHTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to the qualifications of electors.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following article is hereby proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution only if ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years from the date of its submission by the Congress: "ARTICLE —

1. 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. "SEC. 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation." "SECTION

JOHN W. MCCORMACK Speaker of the House of Representatives. CARL

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President

HAYDEN

of the Senate pro tempore.

I certify that this Joint Resolution originated in the Senate. F E L TO N M. JOHN S TO N

Secretary. [ P a s s e d Senate March 27, 1962; p a s s e d House August 27, 1962; received by the Office of the Federal Register, NARS, General Services Administration, August 29, 1962]

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