Veto

Executive rejection of a legislative proposal or joint resolution submitted for legal approval. Should an executive reject a measure, it can attain legal status only if the House and Senate individually vote (by a two-thirds majority) to overturn the rejection. An alternative type of executive rejection – an indirect rejection – happens if the legislature has concluded its session and cannot reconvene, and the executive fails to approve the legislative proposal within the mandated ten-day timeframe (excluding Sundays).

24 Amendment Meaning

 The Twenty-fourth Amendment forbids the enforcement of poll levies in national elections, guaranteeing that individuals cannot be deprived of their voting rights due to an inability to pay a fee.

Historical Context: The amendment was a reaction to biased practices in Southern states that employed poll taxes as a method to disenfranchise African American voters and impoverished whites following the Civil War.