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A state charges an otherwise eligible voter a poll tax for a state election. Officials argue that the Twenty-fourth Amendment mentions only federal elections.

Which response best addresses the state-election tax?

• Harper held that a state poll tax violates the Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause.
• The Twenty-fourth Amendment’s wording permits all taxes on voting in state elections.
• A small tax is valid as long as it is the same amount for everyone.