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What is a tax required before voting?
A poll tax is a tax required before voting. It was used primarily after the Civil War when the South taxed voters in an attempt to bar blacks and poor whites from voting.
A poll tax is a tax on?
In U.S. practice, a poll tax was a tax on the act of voting in an election and had to be paid before a citizen could cast a ballot.
What kind of tax is paid before voting?
Its called impuesto al voto
What was the purpose of a poll tax?
A poll tax was required to be paid before a citizen could vote.
What was the purpose of the poll tax?
A poll tax was required to be paid before a citizen could vote.
What is a pull tax?
I believe you mean a "poll" tax, which was a tax on voting, basically...
What kind of tax was legalized?
Taxes are passed by the legislators you voted on and the president or governor you voted on. If you did not vote, you have no one to blame but yourself. If you don't like a tax, you are still required to pay it. But consider voting for someone who may repeal the tax.
What is a poll tax?
discriminatory
What kind of tax has to be paid in order for a person to vote?
In the United States, there is no tax that must be paid specifically in order to vote. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 abolished poll taxes, which were fees that some states required voters to pay as a prerequisite for voting. Today, voting eligibility is primarily based on citizenship, residency, and age rather than financial contributions.
Why was the poll tax used as a voting qualification?
Because this was often a stratagem used to keep blacks from voting. Traditionally counties in the US raise revenue by taxing land and property. Few blacks owned any land in the post-war south. A poll tax is a tax on each person. Few blacks had any money to pay this tax. Neither did poor whites either, for that matter. If payment of the tax was a requirement before a person could vote, the poll tax kept most blacks and poor whites, who were otherwise qualified to vote, from voting.
What was the tax meant to keep some people from voting?
The poll tax. (:
What kind of tax is a pole tax?
I think you mean a "poll" tax. "Poll" is a term often used to refer to voting. A poll tax would be a tax you paid for the privilege of voting. Poll taxes were often used in US history to keep the poor and minorities from voting. They are now illegal in the United States.
