Promote healthy sexual behaviors, strengthen community capacity, and increase access to quality services to prevent sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and their complications. STDs refer to more than 25 infectious organisms that are transmitted primarily through sexual activity.
The Supreme Court declared the poll tax unconstitutional. In the meantime, the 1964 ratification of the Twenty-fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution outlawed imposition of a poll tax as a requirement for voting in federal elections, and the federal. poll tax is a tax levied as a prerequisite for voting. After. (1865â1877)âthe twelve-year period of rebuilding that followed the American Civil War (1861â1865)âmany southern states passed poll taxes in an effort to keep African Americans from voting.
On this date in 1962, the House passed the 24th Amendment, outlawing the poll tax as a voting requirement in federal elections, by a vote of 295 to 86. At the time, five states maintained poll taxes which disproportionately affected African-American voters: Virginia, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Texas.n this date in 1962, the House passed the 24th Amendment, outlawing the poll tax as a voting requirement in federal elections, by a vote of 295 to 86. At the time, five states maintained poll taxes which disproportionately affected African-American voters: Virginia, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Texas.