Litigate States Infringing on the Twenty-Fourth Amendment

The Issue

Currently various states have passed laws requiring voters to have government issued identification.  The Twenty-Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution states that no person: "...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."  Since to obtain a government issued identification one must always pay a fee (a tax) to the state to acquire such identification, States that have voter identification laws that do not provide government identification free of charge are violating the Twenty-Fourth Amendment of The Constitution.  I ask the United States Department of Justice to protect democracy and seek injunction relief against states violating the Twenty-Fourth Amendment.

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The Issue

Currently various states have passed laws requiring voters to have government issued identification.  The Twenty-Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution states that no person: "...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."  Since to obtain a government issued identification one must always pay a fee (a tax) to the state to acquire such identification, States that have voter identification laws that do not provide government identification free of charge are violating the Twenty-Fourth Amendment of The Constitution.  I ask the United States Department of Justice to protect democracy and seek injunction relief against states violating the Twenty-Fourth Amendment.

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Petition created on September 23, 2015