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poll tax

[ pohl ]

noun

  1. a capitation tax, the payment of which is sometimes a prerequisite to exercise the right of suffrage.


poll tax

noun

  1. a tax levied per head of adult population
  2. an informal name for (the former) community charge


poll tax

  1. A tax required as a qualification for voting. After the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution extended the vote to blacks in 1870, many southern states instituted poll taxes to prevent blacks from voting. The Twenty-fourth Amendment to the Constitution, adopted in 1964, prohibits poll taxes for federal elections.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of poll tax1

First recorded in 1685–95

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Example Sentences

The state appealed the ruling, and a federal appeals court ruled that, although it wasn’t a poll tax, it did have a “discriminatory effect.”

One of the most effective measures, the poll tax, began in Georgia in 1871.

The poll tax was $18 in total, which is equivalent to about $260 in 2020.

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I vote because I still remember that my parents & grandparents, aunts & uncles, cousins & neighbors had to pay a poll tax in order to vote in AL, my home state.

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Perhaps the origin of voter ID equals poll tax/racism theme may be placed at the doorstep of Eric Holder.

An ID card to vote would be a poll tax if it was at all costly or difficult for some to acquire.

Am I going to get a "knock on the door" asking me to explain how Fidel's proletarian paradise knew so much about the Poll Tax?

Since many of the Readjuster party members consisted of Negroes, the poll tax was repealed also.

In 1876, a law was passed which required the payment of a poll tax before voting in the state of Virginia.

One of the first effects of this amendment in Virginia was a legislative enactment requiring all women to pay the poll tax.

On the other hand, several attempts have been made to repeal the general poll tax.

Her descendants have been exempted from the taille (poll tax)—a mean and shameful recompense!

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