Examples of 'poll taxes' in a sentence
Meaning of "poll taxes"
poll taxes: This phrase refers to a tax levied as a fixed sum on every liable individual, without reference to income or resources
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- plural of poll tax
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Poll taxes have been illegal for a long time.
Some revenue also came from poll taxes.
But the poll taxes got to be our focus first.
Demonstrated for fair housing and a repeal of poll taxes.
Not pay poll taxes.
Poll taxes and literacy tests kept Latina women from voting.
Examples included imposition of poll taxes and residency and literacy tests.
These poll taxes were made so that the African Americans were not allowed to vote.
His father was barred from voting by poll taxes and literacy tests.
Poll taxes levied independently of income or wealth ;.
The required payment of poll taxes prevented most of them from voting.
He supported civil rights legislation, including bans on lynching and poll taxes.
Cumulative poll tax ( missed poll taxes from prior years must also be paid to vote ).
Poll taxes made up from one-third to one-half of the tax revenue of colonial Massachusetts.
Many medieval charters provided that tailles and poll taxes could not be collected.
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I hear that . But the poll taxes got to be our focus first.
There were literacy tests, poll taxes.
The Twenty-fourth Amendment outlaws poll taxes in federal elections.
These restrictions included literacy requirements, voter-registration laws, and poll taxes.
Amendment 24 prohibits the use of poll taxes in federal elections.
You do not need to pay extra to do it ( ever since poll taxes were outlawed ).
The 24th Amendment made these poll taxes illegal.
In 1964 the Twenty-Fourth amendment prohibited the use of poll taxes for federal elections.
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