To prevent blacks form voting
They were used to prevent African-Americans from voting.
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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.
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This was called a poll tax and has not been around for decades. Historically, poll taxes have been methods used to keep poorer people from voting.
They were used to prevent African-Americans from voting.
Poll taxes were not meant to keep the poor from voting, although that was a unintended consequence. Poll taxes were used to keep African-Americans from voting. What made the practice especially egregious was the fact that many Southern states passed laws that exempted most whites from paying the poll tax.
The 24th Amendment stated poll taxes could not be used to deny a person the right to vote.
Poll taxes historically affected marginalized groups such as African Americans and poor white Americans. These taxes were used as a tool to disenfranchise and discourage these groups from voting by requiring payment in order to participate in elections.
Poll taxes primarily affected African Americans in the southern United States during the Jim Crow era. These taxes were used as a means to disenfranchise and prevent African Americans from voting by requiring them to pay a fee in order to cast their vote.
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Voting was not only difficult or impossible for blacks in the 1800s, but also to the very poor. Poll taxes and literacy tests were used to prevent poor people from voting.