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Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections 383 U.S. 663 (1966) was a case in which the U.S. Supreme Court found that Virginia’s poll tax was unconstitutional under the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment. The Twenty-fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibited poll taxes in federal elections; five states continued to require poll taxes for voters in state elections. By this ruling the Supreme Court banned the use of poll taxes in state elections.