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Poll tax; eliminated in the US by the 24th amendment because some states were using it to discourage minorities and lower income people from voting
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What was the tax that people had to pay in order to vote in many southern states?
The tax on voting was called a poll tax.
When you must pay to vote?
In the U.S. you don't; it's against the law to charge people to vote.
What are the names of Money people that had to pay to vote?
Poll Tax
What are people who are eligible to vote called?
Legally they are called electors.
What tax do the people have to pay before they can vote?
This is called a poll tax. It is a tax levied as a precondition of registering as an elector ('poll' meaning 'the counting of votes at an election').
Do the people really vote for president?
No, the vote for president is called the popular vote and that does not count. When you cast your vote for president, you are actually voting for the electors to vote for the president.
Why do couples have to pay for a divorce?
Who do you think should pay for it? The people who were stupid enough to marry each other is my vote.
Who elects the president after the people have voted?
The people vote for the Electors who in turn vote for the President. The group is called the Electoral College
What is the right of the people to vote on an issue called?
referendum
Do the people in Myanmar have the right to vote?
yes , the people have the right to vote according to the so called democracy . At present the people can vote but not earlier during the time of aung san suu kyi
Can you vote in Oman?
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What is it called when people vote to make choices about their government?
A democracy
