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- Title
LITERACY TESTS FOR VOTERS: A CASE STUDY IN FEDERALISM.
- Authors
ERVIN, JR., SAM J.
- Abstract
The article offers information on the amendment made in American constitutional system which prohibits poll taxes. It states that the amendment does not seem to favor the balance between states and the federal authority. It also states that poll tax encourages the interest among the voters to use their franchise. It focuses on article one, section four, of the constitution that empowers the U.S. Congress to decide time, place, and manner of conducting elections for senators and representatives. It also discusses the 14th and 15th amendments made in the American constitution that encourage literacy among voters, and gives authority to Congress to prevent racial discrimination.
- Subjects
UNITED States; RACE discrimination; VOTERS; VOTING; LITERACY; ELECTIONS; SUFFRAGE; FEDERAL government; UNITED States. Congress
- Publication
Law & Contemporary Problems, 1962, Vol 27, Issue 3, p481
- ISSN
0023-9186
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/1190591