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On the recordFebruary 3, 2019
The tax to buy your birth certificate is something that I think is onerous to the 24th Amendment to the Constitution.
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Al Green
Democratic · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Arguing that costs for birth certificates violate the 24th Amendment regarding poll taxes.

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