Amendment XXIV

Section 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 reasons of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax.

Section 2

The Congress shall have the power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

My Opinion: I think this was a needed Amendment for our country. By prohibiting poll tax, this gave people more chance to vote. If I had to pay a tax to vote, I would think twice before going and casting my vote.

Bank Overdraft Fees 'just like the poll tax'

SNP Lothians MSP Shirley-Anne Somerville has claimed HBOS' plans to introduce a flat fee for overdrafts are the bank's equivalent of the poll tax.

HBOS has announced it will stop charging interest on arranged overdrafts and replace it with a daily GBP 1 charge on overdrafts up to GBP 2,500 and GBP 2 on overdrafts of more than GBP 2,500.

Ms Somerville said: "HBOS must reconsider these flawed plans which offer a poor deal to their customers."

She said the flat fee meant a GBP 100 overdraft involves the equivalent of 365 per cent APR.

"This is unacceptable. HBOS claim this new system of charging a flat fee is simpler - they said the same thing about the poll tax," she said.

My Opinion: I do think this is unacceptable as well. This is very similar to poll tax in the way of the flat fee is simpler. Hopefully the bank will not resort to this and can find another way to go about this overdraft fee.

The New Poll Tax

My Opinion: This is amazing that people had to wait this long to cast their vote. This is a good comparison to poll tax for the present day. When there was poll tax, that eliminated the poor people from voting. So isn't this the same thing? If you are physically not able to stand in line for more then two hours then aren't you the poor people of the era before? I never would of thought of this being from a small town. It takes a maximum of 25 minutes to go vote in my town, so thinking of it from this aspect is shocking.