Blog Heap of Links for the day 23 January 2018

… On this day in 1964 the 24th Amendment to the United States Constitution, prohibiting the use of poll taxes in national elections, was ratified. The problem with this amendment was the 'or other' they tacked on to the end of the writing. I have no problem with eliminating 'poll taxes' but it has long been my belief that all voters must have some stake in the system by being required to be paying taxes before they can vote…