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.
The singular form of the noun taxes is tax.
proper form
taxes
Taxes is the plural form of tax. The plural possessive is taxes'.
To prevent blacks form voting
The 24th amendment prohibited poll taxes
Low income citizens cannot afford to pay the poll taxes. If they don't pay poll taxes, they can't vote. Incidentally, poll taxes have been outlawed in the United States.
Poll taxes are per capita (per person) taxes, usually used for local finance. In the UK, the poll tax of the late 1980's (a form of property tax) was called the Community Charge.In the US, the poll tax was a fee charged for voting, designed to reduce the electoral participation of poor people (mostly African Americans). These taxes have been declared unconstitutional.
by eliminating poll taxes
Poll Taxes
The Twenty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution made poll taxes illegal. =)
Yes, poll taxes are illegal in all government elections.
by poll taxes, made them pass literacy test, and the Grandfather clause. :)
poll taxes and literacy tests
A poll tax is illegal because it prevents minorities from voting.
The Poll Taxes were created by act of various state legislatures.